Tag: Book

• Wednesday 13 October 1976

  Mum’s Diary Work all day. JPS came in in aft. Went to Enid’s at night to sew for YW stall at Gift Day. 1M 1L 1S. Roger’s/My Diary Carried on with the reading scheme had a lot of trouble getting a book that’s easy enough for him. At lunch-time there was a 6th Form Committee…

  October 13, 2026

• Monday 14 June 1976

  Mum – Hot. R – exam in am. Roy brought washing up – I offered to do it. There were 19 shirts!! Typed aft & am. Malcolm rang in am about my letter. Brought me “Beyond Ourselves” in aft. (He had spare copy so I bought it from him 40p) also a reply to my…

  June 14, 2026

• Sunday 13 June 1976

  Mum – E went to St P Mancroft with school to play flute. Roy came for dinner & tea. Went to St P in am. V depressing. KFE – good with children. Went to Drayton for tea. I went to B Rd at night – Mr Bowler – quite nice. Put Malcolm book through his…

  June 13, 2026

• Tuesday 5 August 1975

  Grandad – Ethel went in the afternoon with ladies from DMC to Mulbarton. Arthur came & stayed with me. Arthur & I pulled part of the front windmill to be repaired when I am able to do it. Mum – Roger went to Roy’s. Got deeds & transfer from John Guy. Also old will from…

  August 5, 2025

• Monday 4 August 1975

  Grandad – Mr Pierce, the male nurse called to wash my bladder, when he saw the bags from the hospital he said you want leg bags, he went to his car & brought 3, he fitted me with which I am pleased. Dr Leeman called in the PM & gave us a paper for 36…

  August 4, 2025

• Sunday 25 November 1923

  Read Twisted Trails. Notes “Twisted Trails” is a book by Henry Oyen. He was born in Norway in 1883 but moved to the United States aged one year. His first story was published when he was 22 in the Century Magazine. He worked for six years for the Chicago Tribune before leaving to write fiction.…

  November 25, 2023

• 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…

  November 24, 2023

• Sunday 23 September 1923

  Read The Sheriff’s Son. Notes “The Sheriff’s Son” is a book by William Macleod Raine. Other books grandad read by the same author include “The Pirates of Panama” in 1921 and “Mavericks” in 1922, see Index of Books Read.

  September 23, 2023

• Sunday 13 May 1923

  Read Stories from Italian History. Notes “Stories from Italian History” is a book by Georgina E Troutbeck. Its aim was to make classic stories from the history of Italy accessible to a wider audience, particularly children. An online, digital version of the book is available here.

  May 13, 2023

• Sunday 18 March 1923

  Read “The Wolf”. Notes I have not been able to identify this book definitively. Could it have been a non-fiction book about wolves or about SMS Wolf? Or perhaps, there was a fuller title?

  March 18, 2023