Category: 100 YEARS AGO
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Wednesday 7 April 1926
Had half day off. Notes My understanding is that, as a rule, grandad worked six days a week with half days on Saturdays and Wednesdays, see Chapter 13. However, the fact that he noted having a half day on this Wednesday made me wonder if that was always the case.
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Tuesday 6 April 1926
Went to bazaar. Notes Grandad went to a bazaar. While he does not say so explicitly, this was probably at Bourne Primitive Methodist Chapel. He attended other bazaars there between the wars, see Chapter 17.
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Sunday 4 April 1926
Went to Prims. Notes Grandad went to “Prims” which is a reference to Primitive Methodists, in general, and to Bourne Primitive Methodist Chapel in Kirkby, specifically, see Chapter 17. Grandad probably went with grandma, Ethel Cirket. They were “courting” at this time and would marry in 1930, see Chapter 16.
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Saturday 3 April 1926
Went to Ollerton. Notes Grandad went to Ollerton. I suspect he went with grandma as they were “courting” at this stage and would marry in 1930, see Chapter 16. They may have gone to visit grandad’s brother Len as he had moved to Ollerton in 1924, see Chapter 24.
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Friday 2 April 1926
Went to Loughborough Carillon. Notes Grandad went to Loughborough but initially I found the second word illegible. I posted a question about this on the Kirkby Living Memory Facebook Group and am grateful to Mark Comins for spotting that it refers to Loughborough Carillon. This is primarily a war memorial but is also a bell…