Better today gain but knee very bad. Wore splint. Car washing. S.T.G. new and A, making 205 to date. Russians put 3 new up in one space craft.

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.

Better today gain but knee very bad. Wore splint. Car washing. S.T.G. new and A, making 205 to date. Russians put 3 new up in one space craft.

Felt better this morning but stayed in bed until 11am. Frank and Dora came. Add Ron, Dot and Jane. We went to bed at 10pm. I didn’t go out.
Day on today. Done about 10am. Had an attack of gastric flu last night. Sick and trots. Felt lousy this morning. Didn’t eat much all day and went to bed 7.30.
A bit of frost this morning and cooler in the day. No 1 on red. Car washing. A.K.B1.D2 making 201 to date. Cleared silage lab out. N off colour today. Wore splint.
Cooler today with a strong wind and very heavy showers. Dot and Jane home today. Cleaned both jets. Did all the Ts. Not much in for the incinerator today.
Not a bad day. Some showers. Raked leaves off borders up the drive and burnt some of them. Did all the Ts. Stayed dinner. N gone to Dot’s. Wore splint.
Heavy rain last night but fine today with a strong wind. Brushed leaves off the drive. Cleared a truck load out of the silage lab. Did all the Ts. Wore splint all day.
Pump not on this am. Gordon didn’t know how to put it on. Car washing T.S.A. making 197 to date. Stayed dinner. Did all the Ts. Had the splint on all day.
Got up at about 10.30 am and had a lazy day. Did no work. N went to Dot’s on the 3 bus. I met her off the 10.30. A bit of mist about.
Day off today. Cool at first. Warm and sunny later. Ron came with Jane. Did all the mowing. Did some reading and saw wrestling on T.V. P not bad.