21st January

Diaries across the generations from 1965, 1969 and 1974

Today in history:-

2011 Tunisians take part in a demonstration urging the interim government to step down

1994 Lorena Bobbitt found temporarily insane of chopping off spouse's penis

1978 Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks

1976 Supersonic Concorde, 1st commercial flights, by Britain and France

1971 "Alias Smith and Jones" premieres on ABC TV

1970 Panama Boeing 747 1st flight NY-London

1966 Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd

1944 447 German bombers attack London

1903 "Wizard of Oz," premieres in New York City

1846 1st edition of Charles Dickens' "Daily News"

1974 (Mum 46/ Me 19) Monday

Mum – Went to Wyn Hicks for the evening Margaret bought me home.

Me – Got up at 8.45 took trs back to Gemini to get lengthened.  Went to Stockbridge to get 1800 [Austin] with dad.  Killed pheasant on the way back.  Worked late shift 2 – 10.00.  Card reader jammed, tired.  [our computer room had chain printers, card reader, where you stacked in about 12 -18 inches of program cards at a time, floor standing tapes and disk drives etc, at this time it would have probably been the IBM 360 mainframe]

1969 (Mum 41/ Me 14) Tuesday

Mum – New Year Party.  Went to St.Michaels Hall with Sally

Me – In morn got to school at 8.30.  Had French revision.  Micky [Mason - teacher] wasn’t here for P.T so had Luther did Basketball.  Ernie [psycho Maths teacher] gave us a test and wasn’t very pleased. At dinner SALLY came.  In afternoon had bilg and English which we looked at some books in the commemoration room.  Mum went to W.W lost 2 ¾ she is now 10st 11lbs.   Bugs got some new gloves.

1965 (Mum 37/ Me 10) Thursday

Mum – none

Me – Got MkII weather Station.  Had man with trumpet he played some tunes.

1955 (Mum 27/ Me 13 days) Friday