Tag: Alan
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Friday 2 November 1973
I raked the front lawn. Roger, Alan & Elizabeth came for the day, Roger finished mowing the back lawn, he did it well. Notes Grandma and grandad had large lawns at both the front and back of their house. These were surrounded by pine trees. So, they needed to be raked to remove pine needles…
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Tuesday 30 October 1973
I did a piece of roto mower. I finished Alan’s bike. War in the Middle East has a lull in the fighting. Notes The strange expression, “I did a piece of roto mower” I think means that grandad cut part of the lawns with the roto mower. Grandma had done some the previous day. Grandma…
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Monday 29 October 1973
I repaired a puntcher in Alan’s bike, finished raking the back lawn. Ethel mowed 1/2 of it with the roto mower. Notes Alan refers to my brother, Alan Drew. Grandad did quite a lot of repairs and maintenance on our bikes, see Chapter 109. Ethel refers to my grandmother Ethel May Cecilia Parkin. Grandma and…
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Sunday 14 October 1973
Ethel went to DMC both services. Sheila P R & A came for TEA. Eliz went to a party. War between Israel & some of the Arab States. Fighting began some days ago. Notes Ethel refers to my grandmother Ethel May Cecilia Parkin. DMC refers to Drayton Methodist Church, see Chapter 107. Sheila refers to…
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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,…
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Sunday 9 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, see Chapter 107. S refers to my mother, Sheila Drew nee Parkin, P to my sister, Patricia Carrick nee Drew, R to me, A to…
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Sunday 2 September 1973
Ethel went to both services at DMC. Sheila, P. R. A & E came for tea. Lynda Bell went by car with a friend to London for a new job. 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…
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Wednesday 29 August 1973
Sheila, P, A & E came for dinner, Patricia came from Switzerland, got to Norwich about 12.15. Sheila cut both lawns. Notes Sheila refers to my mother, Sheila May Drew nee Parkin. P refers to my sister Patricia (Tricia) Jane Carrick nee Drew, A to my brother, Alan Charles Drew and E to my sister,…
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Sunday 26 August 1973
E&A went to both services at DMC. Sheila, R, A & E came for tea. Patricia was still in Switzerland. Notes E refers to grandma Ethel May Cecilia Parkin. A refers to Amy Wilson. She and her husband, Tom, were friends of grandma’s and grandad’s who visited them frequently from Mansfield, see Chapter 106. DMC…
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Thursday 23 August 1973
Ethel and Amy went to Southwold with a chapel party from DMC. Sheila, Roger, Alan & Elizabeth also went. In the afternoon, Tom & I went to Arthur’s. Notes Ethel refers to my grandma Ethel May Cecilia Parkin. Amy refers to Amy Wilson. She and her husband, Tom, were friends of grandma’s and grandad’s and…