Tag: Bike
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Monday 3 December 1973
A thaw set in most of the snow had gone by tea-time. Miss Cooke came for tea. She & Ethel had been to Norwich Canteen. Miss Garrod called for them just after 7pm & they went to Chapel Field Rd MC. I repaired Rogers bike. Weather milder. Notes Miss Cooke and Miss Garrod refer to…
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Sunday 2 December 1973
Ethel went twice to DMC. Sheila & family came for tea they brought Rogers bike for me to mend the chain. 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. It was our usual practice…
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Saturday 24 November 1973
Got Ron’s fire going. Very windy. Roger came on his bike for a book. Notes Ron refers to Ron Douglas, grandma and grandad’s next-door neighbour at 168 Drayton High Road. The fire in question was a paraffin stove that Ron had given grandad the previous day. This is mentioned in Chapter 109. Roger refers to…
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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…