My Granddad is Keeping Busy

Day off today. Got up at 9.15. Ron brought Jane at 9am. Going to match at Leicester. Dot came after dinner. Went back on 6 bus. Went to the Sheaf at night.

Frost again last night. Weather a bloody (something I can’t read). John brought me in. No.2 went on red. Did H car and cleared all lab bins. Ted taking me home tonight.

Heavy snow last night. Old Road blocked again. Not fit for moped. John came for me. Power cut. Both XH off. No.1 on red. Had a big pig to burn. Terry taken me home tonight.

A very cold wind today. Knee not so bad. Had a load of oil. Cleared the silage lab out. Stayed dinner today. N gone to Dot’s.

Second day at work today. Leg not so bad when I got up and ok all the morning. Went and got half a gallon of gas at dinner time from the Shrew garage, 2/-11d.

Started work again today. Leg not too bad but plenty of room for improvement. Did the incinerator work and some cleaning in the boiler room.

Not a bad morning. Got up at 9.30. Little Jane stayed the night with us. She was very good. Ron and Dot went to a dinner at Lever’s last night. Came to us for dinner today.

(Mum and Dad failing to remember what that dinner was. “Not the managers’ dinner.”)

Got up at 8.30 and went to Selby for the final note. Harry Welsh came to see me. We went for a drink to the Wheatsheaf. Stayed until 1pm. Horace came at night.

Got up at 7.30 and went to Weatherstone’s to see the work’s doctor. Got OK but take it easy. Run came to measure steps for amps.

Got up at 9am. A nice day out of the wind. Still cold. Dot and Jane came on the10.30 bus. Went home on the 3.45. Nice to have them come again on Sat.

Got up 9am. Not a bad sort of day but a cool wind. Went to Dot’s on the moped. Jane pleased to see me. Someone pinched £400 out of the safe at work last night.

A dull rather cool day. Went to Selby for a sick note first. Then went to C’Bridge to see Mr Partridge. Went on moped. He said I could start work Monday.

A dull cloudy day. Rather cold. Went to therapy in ambulance. Got home 11.45. Went on moped to W’stones in afternoon. They seemed glad to see me.

Got up at 9.30. A cold day. Dot, Ron and Jane came for tea. Jane very funny doing a bent walk. Went for a ride on the moped.

Got up at 9.30. A cold, raw day. Ron brought Jane and Dot for the day. Ron gone to Bolton to watch Liverpool in cup match. Got back about 7pm. M Steward buried.

(Liverpool won, 0-1, scorer Ian Callaghan. My dad has just told me that he had a car crash on the way home. “Not sure why I wasn’t prosecuted.” Don’t think my Granddad was aware.)

Went to therapy again. Ambulance came at 9am. Didn’t get home until 1 o’clock. Got a bit of practice in on the moped. It’s a nice bike to ride.

Got up 9am. Dot and Jane came 10.30 bus. John and Bryan brought the moped. I am pleased with it. It seems to be to be a good buy.

(Clearly, this is not the moped, but a much earlier photo, featuring motorbike and sidecar action. Granddad is on the left.)

Got up at 8.15 to go to therapy again. Got back about noon. Nell gone to Dot’s on the 1 bus. Got back at 4.30pm. Nothing important. Bill and Dora came.

Got up at 8.15. Went to Neston on push bike for a sick note. Pretty hard going and a long time to wait. The surgery was full.

Went to therapy again. Ambulance was here at 9am. Got back in fairly good time for once. Cyril came to see me at night. He looks well.

Got up at 9.30am. Dot and family didn’t come today. Had Len and wife for the day. Nell and I had a nice quiet day. No visitors.

Got up at 9.30am. A rather cold morning. Jane and Dot came to see us. Old Horace Ford came to see me. Stayed until about 9 o’clock. Thought he was never going.

Got up at 8.15am and went to therapy. Got home at noon. My knee seems to be doing ok. I meet some nice blokes at therapy and it passes the day.

Got up at about 9am. A coolish sort of a day. Did some reading and had a kip after dinner. Nothing very important taken place.

Got up at 8.15 and went to therapy. Ambulance got here about 9.45. Went on ok there and got home just after noon. Did a bit of gardening.