Tag: Snow
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Friday 23 February 1973
Ethel went to Norwich. Weather, rain, snow, one peal of thunder & flash of lightning. Notes Ethel refers to Ethel May Cecilia Parkin, my grandmother.
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Sunday 18 February 1923
Snowed all day . Read “City of Palms“. Notes Initially, I struggled to find the book “City of Palms” not least because there is a later book of the same title by Pamela Kent. In the end, I found a book by that title (“The City of Palms“) in the Civil and Military Gazette (Lahore)…
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Wednesday 14 February 1923
Snow. Notes Diary of my grandfather Charles Gordon Parkin (see Chapter 0 for introduction to diaries and Chapter 1 for introduction to my grandfather) His diary entries in 1923 were brief and patchy. On this day, he just noted “snow“. On Sunday 4 February, he noted “went a motor ride afternoon“. From 1921 to 1931,…
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Wednesday 14 February 1973
Snow again in the morning. Very cold. I put on my over-alls & did odd jobs in my cabin first time wearing overalls this year. Gas workers went on strike or a go slow as from midnight Tuesday. Notes Cabin refers to a purpose-built woodworking cabin that grandad had at his house/bungalow. The gas workers’…
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Tuesday 13 February 1973
Snow during the morning but cleared here during the afternoon. much worse in the North & Midlands. Ethel had a cold. Notes Diary of my grandfather Charles Gordon Parkin (see Chapter 0 for introduction to diaries and Chapter 1 for introduction to my grandfather) Ethel refers to my grandmother – Ethel May Cecilia Parkin Here…