Category: 50 YEARS AGO
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Tuesday 25 September 1973
Had a poor night got up 9 times did not work in my cabin. Ethel went for the OAP & also the doctors brought me some tablets and also a bottle of medicine. After dinner Ethel went to a meeting at the Congregational church in Norwich. Notes From 1971, grandad had been experiencing prostate problems.…
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Monday 24 September 1973
Rain part of the day. Ethel went to Norwich called at TSB to draw £1,000 Saving Certifates (certificates) to pay for installation at of central heating at College Road, cost . I went to the bathroom to pass urine I also passed blood. Notes Ethel refers to my grandmother Ethel May Cecilia Parkin. For details…
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Sunday 23 September 1973
Ethel went twice to DMC. Harvest Festival. Sheila & Fam came for tea. Sheila cut both lawns. Notes Ethel refers to my grandmother Ethel May Cecilia Parkin. DMC refers to Drayton Methodist Church, see Chapter 107. Sheila refers to my mother Sheila May Drew nee Parkin. Fam stands for family. It was our practice to…
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Saturday 22 September 1973
Jack & Eileen went to the Broads. Notes Jack and Eileen refers to friends of grandma’s and grandad’s Jack and Eileen Fawthrop. For details of their visits in the early seventies see Chapter 106.
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Friday 21 September 1973
Rain nearly all day. During the night some-one pushed over the front wind-mill broke one sail & took the small wheel from the back, also a person threw a brick through Ken’s lounge window, as it was double glazed it only broke the front pane. They rang the police. Ethel went & paid the gas…
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Thursday 20 September 1973
I raked all the pine needles off the back lawn. Ethel went to DLM. Notes Grandma and grandad had large lawns at the front and back of their house. These were surrounded by pine trees. So, a lot of time had to be spent raking off needles and cones, particularly prior to mowing, see Chapter…
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Wednesday 19 September 1973
I did more at the bird table, rain on a (and) off all day. Notes For more details of the bird table grandad made, see Chapter 109.
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Tuesday 18 September 1973
Did a bit of lawn raking. Notes Grandma and grandad had large lawns at the front and back of their house. They were surrounded by pine trees so often got covered in cones and needles. These needed to be rake off particularly before mowing, see Chapter 109.
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Monday 17 September 1973
I did odd jobs in my cabin. Ethel went by bus to paint a cupboard for Sheila at College Road. The man who wanted Waverley Road cried off because he could not sell his own. Notes Grandad had a purpose-built cabin which he used for woodworking and other practical tasks, see Chapter 85. Ethel refers…
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Sunday 16 September 1973
Ethel went twice to DMC. S P R A & E came for tea. Notes Ethel refers to my grandmother, Ethel May Cecilia Parkin. DMC refers to Drayton Methodist Church. For details of my grandmother’s involvement there, see Chapter 107. S refers to my mother Sheila May Drew nee Parkin. P refers to my sister,…