Category: 50 YEARS AGO
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Monday 9 April 1973
Ethel & Amy went to Hospital canteen at Norwich. Tom took them. Patricia went with some girls from her school to Lille in France (by air Notes Ethel refers to Ethel May Cecilia Parkin, my grandmother. Amy refers to Amy Wilson, grandma’s friend who was visiting them from Mansfield with her husband Tom. Grandma used…
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Sunday 8 April 1973
Ethel & Amy went to DMC both services, after tea they went to MCM Church. S R & Fam came for tea wind very cold. Notes Ethel refers to Ethel May Cecilia Parkin, my grandmother. Amy refers to Amy Wilson, grandma’s friend who was visiting them from Mansfield with her husband Tom. DMC refers to…
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Saturday 7 April 1973
Watched Boat Race, Cambridge v Oxford, Cambridge won by 13 lengths. Notes Although grandad was not particularly interested in sport, he watched the boat race most years – see Chapter 112.
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Friday 6 April 1973
Arthur & I went to DMC to see the broken windows to decide what to do. Tom & Amy came. Notes Arthur refers to Arthur Elsegood, grandad’s friend. DMC refers to Drayton Methodist Church. For more details of repairs grandad and Arthur did at Drayton Methodist Church, see Chapter 107. Tom and Amy refers to…
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Thursday 5 April 1973
Arthur came & fixed the tiles in the window, he also helped me clear the back lawn of cones & branches which fell on Monday. I did the front lawn later. Notes Arthur refers to Arthur Elsegood, grandad’s friend. I am not sure which window he is referring to or if he is referring to…
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Wednesday 4 April 1973
I cleaned the sails of the WM, of all broken wood & turned a centre piece for fitting the sails. Notes WM refers to windmill and grandad was carrying out repairs to the windmill he had made which had been damaged in a storm two days earlier – see Chapter 109.
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Monday 2 April 1973
Ethel went to the funeral of Mr & Mrs Moore at Drayton Parish Church. Weather, rain & very windy, my wind-mill in the front was blown over & three sails were broken off. Notes Ethel refers to my grandmother Ethel May Cecilia Parkin. For details of Mr and Mrs Moore, see Chapter 100. Drayton Parish…
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Sunday 1 April 1973
Ethel went twice to DMC. Sheila, Roy, Roger & Alan came for tea. Ethel went to Chapel Field Road MC to hear the President or the MC Rev H O Morton MA. VAT begins today. Notes Ethel refers to my grandmother Ethel May Cecilia Parkin. DMC refers to Drayton Methodist Church. Grandma went there twice…