Rain today. A nasty day. Dot and Jane came. Ron gone to the match at Birmingham. Leg seems to be doing ok. Too wet to go for a walk today.
(West Brom 1 – Liverpool 2. Roger Hunt and Ian St John scored)
My granddad died in 1983. For the previous 20 years, he kept a diary, recording his day as a farm worker and then through his retirement. We are lucky enough to have his notebooks, all the entries in block capitals, often in pencil. He always tells us about the weather, sometimes about what is going well at the allotment. We get updates of how Liverpool are doing and the occasional political thought. He suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, was always in pain, but you would never know from these entries. My mum once described him as a contented man. Who knows, really, but certainly, there is something soothing about these entries. So I thought I would share them with you. We have a few years to cover so buckle up.

Rain today. A nasty day. Dot and Jane came. Ron gone to the match at Birmingham. Leg seems to be doing ok. Too wet to go for a walk today.
(West Brom 1 – Liverpool 2. Roger Hunt and Ian St John scored)
Got up at 9.30am. A nice sunny day but wind cool. John brought the wages. Met him on the steps. Said he couldn’t come in. Too busy.
Leg seems to be slowly improving. Had no one visiting today so had a nice quiet day on our own. Went for a walk down the road. Nothing to report.
Got up at 9.15am. Dot and Jane came on the 10.20 bus. Went back on the 4.45 so had a nice day with Jane. Ron has gone to watch the match.
Went to see Partridge this morning. He said I should walk without sticks. He wants a Hell of a lot. Didn’t take plaster off. Got home at 1pm.
Got up at 9.15am. leg seems a bit better this morning. Old Jim Biggs came to see me this morning. He will be 90 on 23rd of March. Nell rang hospital again.
A heavy frost last night. Leg seems to improve slowly. Dot, Ron and Jane came for tea. Frank and Dora came in the afternoon. It makes a bit of a change.
Knee about the same today. It seems a slow job but reckon I must not get impatient. No word from Clatter yet about next visit. Len came to see me.
New Year’s day today. I hope it will be a better one for me than last year. Ossie came to see me at night. Cordon brought my wages with young Bill.
