A very strong wind blowing today. Burnt rubbish. Did nextdoor’s rose bushes. Went to Dot on the bike. Took prop. Baby lovely. Head wind all the way home.
(Assume that was a prop for the washing line. Precarious, on his bike.)
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.

A very strong wind blowing today. Burnt rubbish. Did nextdoor’s rose bushes. Went to Dot on the bike. Took prop. Baby lovely. Head wind all the way home.
(Assume that was a prop for the washing line. Precarious, on his bike.)
Day off today. A lovely sunny day with a frost first thing. Did some tidying up at home. Went to P in the p.m. Rose pruning.
A nice morning but wind still very cold. Slight frost. Car washing. S.D.H. making 52 to date. Did rest of locker room floor. John Mullery gone in hospital.
A nice day but a cold, east wind. Painted part of the locker room, floor and skirting. Did the toilets. Swept up round the bins and the steps.
A nice mild sunny morning but cloudy in the afternoon. Painting the lads’ locker room. Cleaned the silage lab out. Did the toilets. Busy day.
A nice mild day, with sunshine most of the day. Went to Shacks to remove a tree branch. Cut some wood for incin. Cleaned both jets. Did toilets.
A nice mild day. Some showers. Put rubbish on trailer. Car washing. S.A.K.Mc. making 49 to date. Len on holiday. Cleaned the toilets.
Quite a nice day but strong wind at times. Little Jane went home about 4pm. Went to Coach at night to see Cyril. Billy and Dora there.
(Billy is my mum’s cousin. Cyril was Granddad’s brother and Bill’s dad.)
Day on again today. Nice and mild. Got done at 10am. Dot came to stay the weekend with Jane. Ron at Arsenal. Went to P in the afternoon. Rose bush pruning.
A lovely mild day with sunshine. Sent clothes post to Dot. Car washing. H.D. making 45 to date. Did toilets. Brushed up round the bins. Lot of meal to burn. W.