A day full of showers and dull skies. Weeding round the tennis courts. Cleaned both the boilers and took fronts off for the summer. Digging the borders at night.

A dull cloudy day with slight showers at times. Had a very big sow to burn. Car cleaning. A.K.D. Shack’s new one. First time. Making 111 to date. Perry away on holiday.

Not a bad sort of day. Did the mowing and hoed the spuds. Les Cottrell brought bird book down. Went to see Cyril in the afternoon. Ron and Dot came.

(Cyril was one of Granddad’s brothers.)

Day off today. Quite a nice day. Went to P. Knocked off 3p.m. to watch the Cup Final. Burnley lost 3-1. Ron went to the final. Dot came and stayed the night.

(Spurs beat Burnley. Not sure why my dad went to the final, given he was/is a Liverpool fan.)

Change today. Cloud with some rain. Car cleaning. H.B.S.A. making 107 to date. Shack gone for new car. Got a saw for cutting up animals. Painters finished. Got all the windows done. W.

Another lovely sunny day. Hoed the patch by the tennis court and gravel path round the house. Starting lab windows tonight. Cordon using new mower first time. 3wks canteen last night.

Another lovely warm sunny day. Hoed the herbaceous borders. Cordon got a new Atco mowing machine. Finished the house windows. Nothing much to burn today.

A lovely day with plenty of sunshine. Got some wood from black shed. Saw first swallows. Hoeing up the drive. Started to clean the house windows again. W.

(Re Sunday 22nd April, this is the ABC Granddad made from sticks. Now on my mum’s wall.)

Got up at 9.30. Started creosoting outside fence. Did the mowing. Spuds are through now. Ron and Dot came for tea. Dot’s birthday. Mrs won a nice table at housey.

My mum, Dot (but some years earlier)

A day on today. Got done early. Finished creosoting new fence. Went to P in the afternoon. Cleaned the drive up. Heard the cuckoo for the first time.