My Granddad is Keeping Busy

A lovely day today, warm and sunny. Got moped done at Fred Rowe’s last night. Sent for new points. Derby day. Moving up the drive. Big sow to burn. Dot and Jane at home.

Another cold wind today but some sunshine. Did some more mowing and gathered it up. Cleaned both the jets. A.F. brought a ton of coke. Bike not running right again.

Another cold day with no sunshine. Did the usual chores. Did some mowing by front lawn. Went for petrol. 4/5½. A lot of stuff in to burn again. Several sacks Mrs H.

Still a cold wind and no sun much. Dug the front borders. Went to the Port in the afternoon. Dot, Ron and Jane there as well. Joe brought bedding plants.

Still very cold wind and very little sun. Cleaned the moped and did all the mowing. Dot and Jane came for an hour in the afternoon. Very nice.

Another dull cloudy day with a cold east wind blowing. Car washing. H and Doc. Yesterday T, B1, G making 63 to date. Cleared all the lab bins out. Had boilers on again, so cold.

A dull cloudy day with a cold wind. Put boilers on. Car washing. T, B1, G. Saw Mr Kelly. Dot and Jane home at noon. Men digging a trench for electric cable outside our house. Very noisy.

Not a bad day. Some sunshine and cloud. Finished one side of the drive. Started the other. Got up 2.30am to watch Clay Liston fight. All over 1 minute of round 1. A farce.

(“Some speculated Liston wanted an early exit for fear of being killed by an errant bullet if a follower of Malcolm X tried to assassinate Ali. Others concluded the fight had to be fixed, though it’s difficult to imagine a more clumsy way to execute a dive. And if that was Liston’s intention, why would he get up and then try to resume fighting? To this day some believe Liston, an ex-con and former mob enforcer, threw both fights with Ali, though hard evidence to bolster that idea has never surfaced. The bottom line is the mysterious and bizarre Ali vs Liston rematch has never not been controversial in all the years since, and it will forever stand as a surreal episode of infinite weirdness, indeed, the most controversial match in the long history of the prize ring.” [The Fight City])

Another day of sunshine and showers. Mowed all the field side of the drive and did some more hoeing up there. A lot of fowl to burn from the farm.

Commonwealth Day

Not a very nice day. A bit cool and showery. Did usual chores and some hoeing down the drive. Quite a bit of rubbish to burn. Put boilers on when I got here this am.

Got up at 9.30am,. Not a very nice day. Did some more digging on borders. The gang came for dinner. Went home 7pm. Never went out. Watched telly.

Got up at 9.30am. A nasty, wet morning. Did the mowing and dug some of the borders. The gang came for a short time in the p.m. Went to pub at night. got some cabbage from H Ford.

Cold wind again. Some sunshine. Boilers on. Car washing. H.G.Doc. Three in the week, T and B1, B2 making 58 to date. Did usual chores. Cleaned bins out of workshop in lab.

A frost at first but a lovely sunny day after. Cleaned B1 and B2 cars. Cut all the nettles in the field. Also did some hoeing up the drive. Did all the other chores.

A cold win still but sunny. A slight frost last night. Went for petrol. 4/5½. 528 miles on clock. Did some scything up the drive and the usual chores. N gone to Dot’s.

A very cold day with some showers. Had to put the boilers back on again. So cold. Cleaned both of the jets. A pig in to burn and a lot of other stuff. Put some wood in the incin place.

Fine at first but rain later lasting all day. Washed T car. Did the usual. A lot to burn. Maintenance man paid a visit. Opened flue doors on boiler ready for cleaning.

Got up at 10am. Dug the vegetable patch and put three rows of spuds in. The gang came in the afternoon. Played in the garden with Jane. Never went out at night.

Nice and sunny at first but dull later. Went to see Harry Welch. He doesn’t look too bad. Did all the mowing when I got back. Went to pub at night. Put new shirt on for the first time.

Not quite so nice today. Some showers and some sunshine. Car cleaning. H and Doc. K yesterday making 52 to date. Cleaned all lab bins out and a lot to burn.

Yet another wonderful day. All sunshine. [something I can’t read] a bit of scrap. Cleaned K car and hoeing down the drive. Key to the office missing. Talking to Dumpy. Not working yet.

Another wonderful day. Sunshine all day. Hoeing nearly all day. Had break in the mill. Ron having one of his days hols. Liverpool play Milan tonight. Hope they win.

(Bill Shankly in his autobiography: “There was no joy at the match in Milan’s San Siro stadium. The Milan supporters had been told the fans at Anfield had been like animals because of the noise they had made when Milan had been sent out first and we then brought out the FA Cup. But what did they expect? We had got the cup for the first time and it was the greatest night of their lives. The crowd in the San Siro was really hostile. They even had smoke bombs, purple things in jars that went up in smoke when they burst. One of these landed on the steps and Bob Paisley’s clothes were covered in the stuff. Inter beat us 3-0 but not even their players enjoyed the game, and we didn’t think two of the goals were legal. They put an indirect free-kick straight into the net for the first, and the ball was kicked out of Tommy Lawrence’s hand for the second.”)

Another lovely warm sunny day. Boilers off all day. Saw first swallows and heard a cuckoo for the first time. Hoeing all day under the B currant bushes and Mrs H Garden.

A lovely warm sunny day. Did all the usual jobs and did some hoeing all the afternoon. No cars in to wash. Alf Watts paid a visit. Boilers off all day.

The wind still at gale force. Rain all night. Went to see Dot. Little Jane very pleased to see me. Got back just after noon. A big flood down the Old Lane.

Got up at 9am. A very strong wind blowing. Did all the mowing and cleaned the moped and tightened the chain. Had a good bath in the afternoon. Went to pub at night.

A mild day but showery. Car cleaning. H.B2. Doc. Yesterday T and K making 49 to date. Went to the Shrew for some petrol 4/4½. Old Mrs Hampson from Willaston passed away.

Warmer today but started to rain at noon and kept on. Painted other vin from vet lab. Washed two cars, T and K. A lot of birds to burn from Hanns Hall.

A strong wind blowing. Very cold. N gone to Chester races with Dot, Ron and Jane. Did jets, Painted one of the bins from P.M. lab. Did usual lot of chores.

A nice warm , sunny day. No 1 burner on red this a.m. Jet blocked. Took all the tins back that I put in the incin place yesterday. The gang home at noon. Did some hoeing under B.C. bushes.

Very heavy rain all morning but clear at noon. Big flood down the Old Lane. Did all the usual and moved 30 tins into incinerator place. 600 hurt in cup crowds at Liverpool last night.

Got up about 8am and made a pot of tea. Still dull. Did all the mowing and a nice quiet day at home. No visitors. N went to church at night.

A dull day but fairly mild. Cleaned the moped and fixed the porch door. Watched the Cup Final in the afternoon. LPool won 2.1 after extra time. Good game.

(Liverpool beat Leeds, the first time they won the FA Cup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPXgX4CGWj0 )

Cold and dull at first. Nice and sunny later. Cleared all lab bins. Car washing H.G. (B1, T, K and Doc’s in the week) making 44 to date. Had 600 gals of oil come. Men finished ventilator.

A bit warmer today with some sunshine. A big calf in to burn and a lot of other stuff. Washed B1 and T car. Dot, Ron, Jane gone to Wembley. Hope they have a good journey.

(assume Dad was going to the final on Saturday)

Nice at first but rain showers later. Got my moped back at noon. Dot took me for it. 3/6. Did K and Doc car and the usual chores. Putting ventilator in boiler door.

A cold day again. Some showers. Went to see Mr Partridge. Said leg was ok. Blasted moped gone again. Had to walk from just past chicken corner. Think the timing gone again. 1 ton coke. C.

A cold day with showers. A gale force wind blowing. Did usual jobs and cleaned both jets. Went for petrol at dinner time. Half a gallon. Poor John Wise gets buried today. A rotten business.