Tag: Ron Douglas
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Wednesday 15 May 1974
E went to Shottesham by coach. Ron brought grass cutter & we spent all the evening connecting it up. Arthur came & stayed all aft. The Doctor called. Notes Grandad was unwell at this time having had a stroke in early April, see Chapter 100. This explains why the doctor called. Based on handwriting, I…
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Saturday 11 May 1974
Ron returned the grass cutter. Went to see Mrs Davis. She told me she sent me a B Card with £2 – I never got it. Later we found the £2 & card in Chambers Encyclopedia. Notes Grandad was unwell at this time having had a stroke in early April, see Chapter 100. Based on…
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Friday 10 May 1974
Had the men from Norwich for our signatures. Clare came in & Ron promised to take the lawn edger back. Notes Grandad was unwell at this time having had a stroke in early April, see Chapter 100. Based on handwriting, I think grandma mainly kept his diary for him between 24 April and 27 August.…
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Saturday 4 May 1974
Very cold & wet. Joy has not been all week. Notes Grandad was unwell at this time having had a stroke in early April, see Chapter 100. Based on handwriting, I think grandma mainly kept his diary for him between 24 April and 27 August. In this context, I think Joy was a friend of…
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Friday 8 March 1974
Ron got Sheila an electric fire price £15.99 he got it for £10.73. Sheila gave Ron £1 so it cost her £11.73. I fixed the motor in the planer. Weather very cold. Notes Ron refers to Ron Douglas who lived next-door to grandma and grandad at 168 Drayton High Road. Sheila refers to my mother…
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Tuesday 19 February 1974
Ron brought us a Hoover vacuum cleaner from the Electric Board, the price was just over £36 it was on offer at just over £28. Ron got it for us for £25.65, we gave Ron £1 for getting it. Notes Ron refers to Ron Douglas. He was grandma and grandad’s next-door neighbour living at 168…
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Tuesday 18 December 1973
Repaired the trunk Ron brought from WR. Notes Ron refers to Ron Douglas who was grandma and grandad’s next-door neighbour at 168 Drayton High Road. WR refers to Waverley Road, specifically 19 Waverley Road where we had lived from December 1970 until October 1973, see Chapter 102. We had moved to 192 College Road before…
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Sunday 16 December 1973
Weather better, Ethel went twice to DMC. In the morning Ron, Caroline & I went to 19 Waverly Rd for my roller & also the old motor mower (electric) we bought at Kirkby. Ron brought an old trunk from 19 W R also a rope ladder. Notes Ethel refers to my grandmother Ethel May Cecilia…
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Tuesday 11 December 1973
Too cold to work in my cabin. I let a man into Ron’s to see to his TV. Notes Grandad had a purpose-built cabin in which he did his practical work particularly woodworking, see Chapter 85. Ron refers to Ron Douglas who was grandma and grandad’s next-door neighbour living at 168 Drayton High Road. I…