A frost at first but a lovely sunny day after. Cleaned B1 and B2 cars. Cut all the nettles in the field. Also did some hoeing up the drive. Did all the other chores.
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A cold win still but sunny. A slight frost last night. Went for petrol. 4/5½. 528 miles on clock. Did some scything up the drive and the usual chores. N gone to Dot’s.
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A very cold day with some showers. Had to put the boilers back on again. So cold. Cleaned both of the jets. A pig in to burn and a lot of other stuff. Put some wood in the incin place.
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Fine at first but rain later lasting all day. Washed T car. Did the usual. A lot to burn. Maintenance man paid a visit. Opened flue doors on boiler ready for cleaning.
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Got up at 10am. Dug the vegetable patch and put three rows of spuds in. The gang came in the afternoon. Played in the garden with Jane. Never went out at night.
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Nice and sunny at first but dull later. Went to see Harry Welch. He doesn’t look too bad. Did all the mowing when I got back. Went to pub at night. Put new shirt on for the first time.
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Not quite so nice today. Some showers and some sunshine. Car cleaning. H and Doc. K yesterday making 52 to date. Cleaned all lab bins out and a lot to burn.
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Yet another wonderful day. All sunshine. [something I can’t read] a bit of scrap. Cleaned K car and hoeing down the drive. Key to the office missing. Talking to Dumpy. Not working yet.
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Another wonderful day. Sunshine all day. Hoeing nearly all day. Had break in the mill. Ron having one of his days hols. Liverpool play Milan tonight. Hope they win.
(Bill Shankly in his autobiography: “There was no joy at the match in Milan’s San Siro stadium. The Milan supporters had been told the fans at Anfield had been like animals because of the noise they had made when Milan had been sent out first and we then brought out the FA Cup. But what did they expect? We had got the cup for the first time and it was the greatest night of their lives. The crowd in the San Siro was really hostile. They even had smoke bombs, purple things in jars that went up in smoke when they burst. One of these landed on the steps and Bob Paisley’s clothes were covered in the stuff. Inter beat us 3-0 but not even their players enjoyed the game, and we didn’t think two of the goals were legal. They put an indirect free-kick straight into the net for the first, and the ball was kicked out of Tommy Lawrence’s hand for the second.”)
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Another lovely warm sunny day. Boilers off all day. Saw first swallows and heard a cuckoo for the first time. Hoeing all day under the B currant bushes and Mrs H Garden.
My Granddad is Keeping Busy 