Another mild day with showers at first. Had to clear the silage lab out twice today. Forked the borders round the vet labs. 3 sacks of paper for salvage. Cleaning windows if fine.
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A nice mild day today. Swilled round the bins. Cleared silage bins again. A big lot of stuff to burn on the incinerator. 600 gallons of oil came first thing. Stayed to do a few windows.
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A mild day but cloudy. Forked borders in front of lab doors. Emptied the silage bins. Burnt Mr Howarth’s knife. Saw first snowdrop. Cleaned both jets. Stayed cleaning lab windows 319 3wks. can.
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Not a bad day but a strong, very cold north west wind was blowing. Did some car washing again. B polished and S. 16 to date. Brushed up around the bins. Asked Mr Howarth bunts.
(No idea what “Asked Mr Howard bunts” means.)
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Not a bad day. Nice and mild. Got up 10am. Not fit to do any gardening. Dot and Ron came in the afternoon. Nothing unusual to report. Went to the Wheatsheaf at night.
Ron, my dad, on his motorbike.
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Day off. Came out to clean the windows but got rained off. Went to P in the afternoon. Cleaned car. Did some tidying up. Went to the Wheatsheaf.
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Not too bad today. Cold wind. Home last night without lights. Had to go to the Lydiate again. Boilers off. Cleaned points and jets. No good. Electrical fault. Car washing. H. S. A. K. 14 to date. (Off Lydiate. Stat in room furnace.)
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A lovely sunny day and much milder. Washed and polished Howarth’s new car. Washed shacks. Cleared out the silage lab again. Lot in 4 bins. Gordon gone to Harrogate.
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Milder today but a very strong wind still blowing. Bert and Ken finished the pumps. Cleaned out the silage lab. Finished the gravel path.
(Like some other entries, this one is marked with an X. Wish I knew what that meant.)
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Another day of cold winds and showers. Brushed up round bins and the drive. Started to hoe gravel path round house. Cleaned both jets again and hot filters.
My Granddad is Keeping Busy 