Not so nice today. Cooler with some rain. Little sunshine. Finished cleaning the boilers. Emptied the box of paper. Did all the toilets. Hoovered down the boiler room. No luck on the Derby yesterday.

Another lovely day with lots of sunshine. Still working on the boilers, cleaning down for summer. Loaded the trailer up with rubbish. Refused to do a burner at Lydiate. Derby day.

(Won by Relko)

A lovely day again today, with plenty of sunshine. Took the fronts off the boilers and started to clean them out a lot inside. Did all the toilets. Eric on holiday. Mick got arm in a sling.

Another lovely sunny day. Car washing. K.Mc.B.S. making 104 to date. Ted Evans from Pud started to work here today. Only time to do two toilets.

Got up at 9.30. A lovely, warm day. Put a row of scarlet runners in. Dot, Ron and Jane came in car. Ron passed test Friday. Went for a bit of a spin with Ron.

Day on today. Got done just after 10. Planted annuals in the borders at home. Went to P for a couple of hrs. Started on drive. Mrs P not there. Watched the Cup Final. Manchester U won 3.1.

(Man U v. Leicester)

Quite a nice day again. Car washing. H.A.S. and Bill Barnes. making 100 to date. Bill Barnes gets married tomorrow at 12 o’clock. Good luck, Bill. Did the toilets, and there was a lot to burn today.

A lovely mild, sunny day. Knocked boilers off at 9a.m. Forking the borders round the labs. Cleared a blocked drain outside Bernard’s workshop. Brushed steps round bins. 1 ton of coke. C.

A cool cloudy day but dry. Digging the borders again. Did all the toilets and brushed round the bins. Went to Bill Barnes’ stag party at The Harp lat night. Had a good night.

Heavy showers nearly all day but not so cold. Cleaned both the jets and polished all the copper in the boiler room. Cleaned all the toilets. One of the cisterns leaking.