Category: 50 YEARS AGO
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Saturday 28 April 1973
Rain during the evening. Got up 8 times. Notes The frequency of getting up reflects prostate problems that grandad was having, see Chapter 100.
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Thursday 26 April 1973
Ethel & Dolly went to Diss by bus a ladies meeting 09.00 home 18.00. Notes Ethel refers to my grandmother, Ethel May Cecilia Parkin. Dolly refers to my grandmother’s first cousin, Dorothy Rose, who lived in Bedford and who often visited grandma and grandad, see Chapter 106. Grandma was involved in ladies’ meetings through involvement…
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Tuesday 24 April 1973
Ethel & Dolly went to Sheila’s for tea. After the three went to Theatre Royal saw an opera Cosi Fan Tutte. Notes Ethel refers to my grandmother, Ethel May Cecilia Parkin. Dolly refers to my grandmother’s first cousin, Dorothy Rose, who lived in Bedford and who often visited grandma and grandad, see Chapter 106. Sheila…
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Monday 23 April 1973
Alan wanted his trolly changing a little at the front. A days work. Notes Alan refers to my brother Alan Charles Drew. The trolley was something grandad had made for Alan, see Chapter 109.
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Sunday 22 April 1973
EASTER SUNDAY Ethel a little better went twice to DMC. S R & family (but not Patricia, she is still in France) came for tea. Weather very cold. Dolly came at 21.00. Sheila met her at the bus station. Notes Ethel refers to my grandmother, Ethel May Cecilia Parkin. For more details of her health,…
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Saturday 21 April 1973
I did odd jobs in my cabin, started putting the wind-mill sails back, will be a longish job. Notes For more detail of the kind of practical jobs grandad did, including work on the windmills he had made, see Chapter 109. At the house where they lived in Drayton, he had a purpose-built workshop which…
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Friday 20 April 1973
GOOD FRIDAY. Ethel not too well she did not go out. During the evening Amy rang to tell us that Arthur Booth our neighbour at Welbeck Street had died, he had been ill about 3 years. I finished the trolley for Alan. Still cold. Notes Ethel refers to my grandmother, Ethel May Cecilia Parkin. For…