Pancakes for dinner to-day of course.
Found plenty of time for study at night as well as a good bit at Office. Find
English fairly easy. Science fairly so – and interesting. Accountancy
– getting better as understand more – Economics seems a queer
subject but perhaps most interesting of the lot.
Go to Mr. Gilliatts at 2 o’clock and taking 2 month’s course.
In between study at night fetch some more wallpaper samples as some mother got
not suitable. These for landing & stairs. Ones I fetch do not get much
approval. Also run mother to Mrs. Lister’s.
Finish study about 9-15. Very tired and to bed about 10.
Ray & Olive to Mrs. Parton’s who is not very well.
Nothing particular to report. Fairly busy. To Bank in morning. Did some study and continued at home to-night. Ran mother to School and then ran some rolls of wallpaper back to Ideal Wallpaper Stores. Swop these for a pattern book but cannot find anything very suitable. Ray & Dad busy on stairs. Harold to Amy’s.
Very nice weather. Get some study in in morning and soon after dinner we all make an attack on the staircase and landings. Harold chisels out the wall in top landing to take conduit tubing but creates an hole big enough to take a drainpipe. Ray & I have to patch this up at night. Dad goes to Reserve Match with Mr. Bishop. Olive opens shop for Ray. I do a bit more study at night. Well up to date with these. Start on stairs again about 7 o’clock and don’t finish until nearly ten. Dash for a bath then. Very tired.
Not particularly busy. Nice Day and do plenty of studying.
Go to Mr. Gilliatt’s in car at 1-20 and home 20 minutes later. Nothing
exciting until night when do study and then change and go to Gaiety to
T.B. After Care Committee Dance (2/6). Norman was coming but unfortunately
not well enough. 750 dancers and our party was Mr. & Mrs. Beales, Mr. &
Mrs. Middleton, Mrs. Wilkinson & 2 friends of Mrs. Beales. Had a good time
and enjoyed looking on as much as dancing.
Geo. Lilly comes round before going to live at Scunthorpe to-morrow.
Mother goes to Adult School Dance at Albert St.. Harold busy on the stairs. Amy
comes in. Olive & Ray to pictures. Home from dance
at 1-15. Mr Middleton running me home in car.
Mr. Middleton & Mrs. Wilkinson win prizes.
Johnny turns up. Rather busy and only get about 1½ hours study in
to-day. Town lose by odd goal in five at Everton. Coulter & Gallacher
score. Town now dangerously near bottom of table. York draw at home to
Huddersfield in Cup. Replay Wednesday. Not many winners this week.
Home about seven. Mother gone to Mrs. Allen’s and fetch her home in car.
Norman bit better.
Home again about 9.15 and find everyone in. To bed
about 10-30. Going to Bolton to-morrow.
Up about 8.45 and ready for trip to Bolton. Harold runs me to station in
car, train goes 8.40. Nice day but dull at Manchester where arrive about
1.45 and find Harold & Arthur waiting together with car and friend –
Stanley. Go to Bolton in car and meet Arthur’s two sisters and mother.
From here go for run round Bolton & district & then to Arthur’s
brother to tea. (Frank & Elsie). Meet Lewis – Arthur’s nephew.
All very nice people and have a very good day altogether.
Home about 1-15 a.m. after good journey. Arthur sends mother bowl
of hyacinths which get home safely.
Up as usual and not tired. Not very busy as not many winners.
Home soon after five and do some study. Change at 7-30 and then run Mrs. Allen
to Dance. Come back home then go back to Yarra with Mother, Harold & Amy. Miss Rea not coming
as has a lot of sewing to do. Dance on until 12 o’clock. Dad & Mr. Bishop go to
Ritz. Have good time at Dance and back home about 12-15. Straight to bed.
Tuesday. Nothing particular happens. Do plenty of study during day and continue
at night. Dad, Mother & Mr. Bishop went to Tivoli to see
“Carroll
Levis’s Radio Discoveries”. Understand very good.
Olive & Ray to Cleethorpes. Amy goes home ill from shop and Harold goes up
at night.
Nice weather.
Write to Arthur at night. Also to Dennis.
Usual sort of Wednesday. To bank etc.. Study both at home & office. At night
run mother to Adult School. Came home & went up in car to see Mrs. Parton
who was not in, however. Ran Thelma to chapel to take part in some pageant or
other.
Olive to choir practise.
Dad busy on staircase. Ray does a bit and listen to wireless. Take dog round
square.
Amy not better.
Another nice day but dull towards noon. Do bit of study in morning and more at home at night. Continue our now usual Thursday afternoon drive on the staircase. Harold white-washes landing ceilings, dad paints and grains, Ray busy on light switches. I do nothing particular except mooch about. Did try to get the blow-lamp going (broke needle point inside nozzle when trying to clean – Ray gets it out) but unsuccessful after three times. Do study after tea and then on to Men’s Meeting with Ray, Dad & Mr. Jackson. Harold goes to Amy’s. Bishop of Leicester at meeting on “Christianity and the Racial Problem”. Very good but simply an elongated sermon. Mr. Wood very good. Home 10-15 & bed soon after. Mother been to concert at Park St.
Study at office and more at home at night. To Mr. Gilliatt’s at 1-30.
Tells me I’m improving. Go to Mr. Wakelin’s for haircut after
tea. Home soon after 6 and then study until 7-30. Dad does more painting on
staircase. Harold to Amy’s. Olive & Ray to pictures. Mother
shopping. Saw Mr. Watson this morning who tells me Dennis is coming home for week-end.
Very bright day. Took dog round square and then had bath.
Received letter from Ron. Invites me to Leeds for Easter & suggests Isle of
Wight for holidays.
Another very nice day. Notable day for Town who beat Wolves 1–0 at
home. Wolves top of Division. Town have only 10 men for most of game
(Vincent hurt). Coulter scores.
Not many winners. Home about 7-15. Harold to Amy’s.
Music Hall fairly good. Turns include Ronald Frankau, Sandy Powell, Will Fyffe,
Elsie Carlisle & Sam Brown. Did not think as good as expected.
Have a yarn at night. Bed about 10.30.
Grave situation in Europe where Hitler has walked into Austria and taken control.
Was surprised to find Jack Walker almost ready when we called for him for tennis. Was down about a quarter of an hour after us. Had fairly good game. Dennis walked round about 12 o’clock & had a knock with us although he wore his suit. In afternoon Dennis comes round and go for run in car to Immingham with Mother & Dad. Very nice day. Harold at Amy’s. Dennis to tea and after few games of darts and a vain attempt to strike a match with a dart go for walk to Cleethorpes. Walk round boating lake & back home via sands & Suggitts Lane. Home about 9-15. Feet very tired. To bed about 10-15. Mother & Dad walk up to Amy’s at night.
Dennis goes back to-day.
Received letter from Margaret.
Very nice day. Fairly busy up to afternoon when do study.
Home soon after five and continue study from 5-30 to seven o’clock.
Harold runs Dad & Mr. Bishop to Regal. Say good picture.
Mother & I then go on to Dance. Harold does not come but goes to Amy’s
who is much better.
Have fairly good time but don’t feel like dancing at all. Sit out a lot.
Arrange to go to Royal with Norman on Thursday night.
Home about 11 and to bed soon after.
Weather still very nice.
Nothing exciting happens.
Do study at Office and at home at night.
Ray home about 7-30 as Olive goes to shop to relieve him. Ray & I then start
on papering landing and stairs. Get a good lot done.
Mrs. Fulljames comes to tea (got bad cold) & then goes to Oriental Revue at
Scouts Hut in Carr Lane where she is pianist for the Scout show. Mother goes and
says it is a good show.
Olive to Mrs Partons.
Harold to Amy’s.
Dad does some painting.
To bed, very tired, 10.30.
Write to Ron and suggest going to Leeds Thursday April 14th to Monday night.
Fairly busy. To bank etc., in morning. Study bit in afternoon. Nearly finish all
first written solutions.
Home soon after five. Mother been to the Leamington.
Do more study after tea. Harold goes to Amy’s in afternoon & has
afternoon off, (don’t know why he should).
Mother goes to School & Dad to choir practise. Olive relieves Ray at shop
again & we continue with papering. Olive home about 8-15 and then on to
choir practise.
Get good bit more papering done. To bed 10-45.
Another nice Thursday.
Olive not very well. Goes to shop but has to come home again.
After dinner Ray & I start papering again but things don’t go very
well and get back-ache as well. Dad does painting. Harold takes Mr. Watson &
Norah in car to see Mrs. Watson who is about the same. Have not own car and have
to borrow one from Wyatt’s as he has own under repair (brakes & steering).
At night go to Royal, Cleethorpes with Norman, Mother & Dad. Principle act
very good – Giovanni – The World’s greatest pickpocket. Half an hour
good entertainments. Takes a chaps braces off etc.. Other turns only fair.
Walk home with Norman and then call at Amy’s who is much improved. Home
about 10 o’clock.
Weather still very fine but rather windy.
Get a lot of study in at office and continue at home at night. Olive very
poorly. Mr. G. comes to see her and says she will soon be alright. Mother sat up
with her all night.
Go to Mr. G’s for treatment before dinner. Home soon after five. Study and
then cut some lengths of wallpaper which Ray fixes when he comes home. Finish
pasting etc about 9.30. Take dog round square then have a bath.
Dad busy painting, etc..
Harold to Amy’s.
To bed about 11 o’clock.
Olive no better and send for doctor Lavin to-day. Comes about 2-15 and orders
immediate removal to hospital for operation (appendicitis). Ring up at 7
o’clock but not operating to-day.
Mother very worried as we all are.
Fairly busy but finish about 7-15. Johnny does not come today but understand has
throat bad again.
Home about 7-30. Go to Ray’s in car about 8-15 to
give result of phone message.
Dr. Lavin rang up at night to enquire of Olive.
Town lose by 5–1 at Arsenal. Outclassed. Coulter scores.
Mother rang up hospital about 8.30 and told they were getting ready for
operation. Thought they were operating this morning but ring up again at 12
o’clock & say not operating until to-morrow. Ray, mother & dad go
to hospital in afternoon. Find Olive fairly well.
Play tennis in morning (Jack Walker turns up at 11.45). Had good game.
Home 1.30. Had first new potatoes for dinner which Harold & I bought between
us. Very nice.
Do bit of study in afternoon and at night go to Norman’s via the shop.
Home soon after 10. Very good Spelling Bee on wireless. Under 20 versus
over 40. Young ones lose badly by 24 points to 37. Good entertainment.
Olive has operation this afternoon. Ring up at 5 o’clock and not out of
anithestic. Ray goes to hospital at 6.15 but still not come round. Have to
ring up at 10 o’clock. Hear then that “condition is
satisfactory” so all more settled.
Do study in afternoon and more at night.
Go to dance on own and only 14 others turn up. However, have a good time. Go to
Mrs. Parton’s to let them know of latest news of Olive. Also call at Mrs. Freeman’s.
Bring Mr. & Mrs. Olsen home in car.
Another very nice day – quite warm.
Not very busy but did plenty of studying which continued at home at night. Olive
comfortable and at night Ray goes up to see her. As well as can be expected.
Took some oranges for Olive to Ray’s shop on bike. Ran dad & Mr. Bishop
in car to Palace (picture no good) & then took mother to Mrs. Lister’s.
Write letters to Olive and Arthur.
Ray home soon after 8 and finished papering upstairs and did a bit downstairs.
Started a book from Ray’s library, “Bulpington of Blup” by
H.G. Wells.
To bed about 10.30.
Went Mr. Gilliatts.
Mother, Ray, Harold, Amy and Mrs. Parton went to hospital and were all pleased
to find Olive fairly well.
All come home here & I then ran Dad to choir-practise, Amy home, Mother to
Adult School & Mrs. Parton back home. Dad been to Lincoln races. Home about
6.45.
Write letters to Margaret and Mr. & Mrs. Holford.
Ray home at usual time and used all paper we had left in passage downstairs. Find we shall
want 2 more rolls of paper and mother has only ordered one.
Tired, to bed about 10-15 together with book which read a little before putting light out.
Weather still holds remarkably fine for time of year but little colder to-day. Nothing
particular to report.
After dinner all became active. Ray & I put frieze up in our bedroom, Harold
busy staining, Dad does some painting (very ineffective) and then goes to
Reserve match. Glover playing centre-forward in second match of season scores 3
goals. I do a bit of burning off near front door & Ray alters door frame.
At night all go to Men’s Meeting. A debate on the amalgamation of the two
boroughs [Grimsby and Cleethorpes].
Councillor Hewson in favour of amalgamation puts a fine case and
Croft-Baker, opposing, also good but has the worse case. Hewson gets all
the support and I favour amalgamation. One of the best meeting of the season.
Broadcast from Tivoli Theatre tonight but no-one hears it. Understand, however, very good.
Olive very comfortable.
Mother to Ada Kempster’s at night.
Dad & Harold arrived at shop this morning to find policeman waiting for
them. Found burglars had effected entry into the night, taken the back off the
safe and got away with nearly £30, mostly silver. Girl next door heard
noise in shop at 1 a.m. but just didn’t bother to do
anything about it.
Did some study at office and continued at home. Mother took some things to Olive
at hospital and had a few minutes with her. Going on very nicely.
Pa Bishop comes in at night and Mr. Dixon also calls. Talk safes,
burglaries & Mens Meeting most of night.
Had a bath. Bed about 10.30.
Lot of rain to-day but quite a change as first wet day for several weeks.
Fairly fine again. Johnny not yet better and not back at work. Olive still
improving.
Nothing exciting happens. Mother not too well. Has bad back and goes to Mr. Gilliatt
in afternoon. Has torn muscles in back.
Still held up for wallpaper although we got two rolls today but they send wrong
lot. More wait.
Study a little in morning.
Home about 7-30. Read a little. Harold & Amy go to pictures.
Take book to bed but lights out about 10.45. (That’s wrong. DID NOT take book)
Rain at night.
Got out of bed about nine o’clock when it was fairly dry. Come down for
book and after reading some time find it is raining. No tennis.
Up finally about 10-15. Study & read all morning & in afternoon Mother,
Dad, Ray, Alice & I go to hospital in car.
Was pleased to find Olive so well. Walked home on own from the hospital.
Amy to tea. All in very good mood. Went to Norman’s at night. Suppered
there and home about 10-15. Ray & Dad been to Craze’s in car.
Olive says Florence Wharton is her night nurse now.
Cannot remember her.
Had a tune on flute & clarinet before going to Norman’s. What a row!
To bed about 10.30.
Nice day again to-day.
Received letters from Ron & Dennis. Fairly busy but found time for some
study in afternoon.
Home soon after five. Had tea and then did more study, until about seven.
Harold ran Dad & Mr. Bishop up to Regal to see “Prizoner of
Zenda.” – very good.
Change and to Dance with Harold, Amy, & mother. Only sixteen there again and
not so enjoyable as last week. Mrs. Wilkinson did not come as busy cleaning.
Home soon after eleven – car steering very groggy. Found our beds full of
coat-hangers and stuff. Only Ray getting his own back as we put a pile of
knitting needles in his bed last night.
Harold up soon after seven this morning to adjust steering of car, but not very successful. Think
he must have been too tired. Spring [the dog] not very well but soon pulls round.
Do plenty of study in morning. Leave Office soon after half-past-four with
Harold & Dad to see Town Play Sunderland. A rotten game & town lose
2–0 although they were rather unlucky.
Home about 6-45. Have tea and then write to Olive. Mr. Bishop comes in
for few minutes. Harold & Dad to committee meeting at shop.
Ray home soon after 8 and we then finish papering landing, stairs & hall. Finish soon
after 10 after having to patch up owing to shortage of paper. A good job done at last.
Black pom run over at corner here.
To bed about 11-15.
Not very busy. To Bank etc. in afternoon. Study in afternoon. Arranged
to take some music for Mr. C. to Tom Johnson’s at Cleethorpes from Dyas the auctioneer at night.
After tea did bit of study, then run mother & dad to hospital. Went &
fetched music and – what a pile! Filled back of car & some of front as
well. Came home, back to hospital, saw Olive for about a couple of minutes. Back
home and Ray and I did some painting – the [illegible] downstairs.
Finished about ten. Sup. & to bed about 10.30
Nice day – fairly busy. Did some study, however, in morning.
Home about 1-15 and after dinner made our usual attack on the staircase etc. All
very busy. Harold, Dad, Ray and I all busy. Mother scraped paper off in
Olive’s bedroom.
Did study after tea and waited for Ray coming home from shop and then went to Strand together.
‘Souls at Sea’ with Gary Cooper – very good. Home about
10-45. Mother & Dad been to Concert at Park St. (Dad taking part).
To bed soon after supper.