Category: 50 YEARS AGO
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Wednesday 14 February 1973
Snow again in the morning. Very cold. I put on my over-alls & did odd jobs in my cabin first time wearing overalls this year. Gas workers went on strike or a go slow as from midnight Tuesday. Notes Cabin refers to a purpose-built woodworking cabin that grandad had at his house/bungalow. The gas workers’…
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Tuesday 13 February 1973
Snow during the morning but cleared here during the afternoon. much worse in the North & Midlands. Ethel had a cold. Notes Diary of my grandfather Charles Gordon Parkin (see Chapter 0 for introduction to diaries and Chapter 1 for introduction to my grandfather) Ethel refers to my grandmother – Ethel May Cecilia Parkin Here…