Monday, 30 January 2012


29th January

Diaries across the generations from 1965, 1969 and 1974

Today in history:-
1990 Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill
1984 Space Shuttle 41-B (STS-11) Challenger launched
1983 "Down Under" by Men At Work hit #1 on U.K. pop chart
1886 1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe [it’s on our drive and still running]

1974 (Mum 46/ Me 19) Tuesday
Mum – Did a good mornings work cleared the music room and cooked stew.  Nick & Gary played golf and then came to lunch.  Paid papers £4.37½ .  
Me – Had day off very sunny morn had 18 hole with Nick, he did 118 I did 170.  Nice stew for dinner.  Decided to get an 8-track cartridge, cheap one.  Ali beat Frazier yesterday 12 rounds.  Good fight.

1969 (Mum 41/ Me 14) Wednesday
Mum – Had coffee with Bella in the afternoon.  Sally going to Ashurst to Phylis Smith took her freesias.
Me – In morn had English & Maths both good.  After break had Jones for Phys-Chem.  After dinner had French, Latin, Div[inity].  Had great game of football lost.  Salley left to friends in Brnmth.  Nick went back to his room.  Very nervous about Saints away to A Villa LOST 2-1

1965 (Mum 37/ Me 10) Friday
Mum – Wine & Cheese 7.30  Bassett Wood Drive
Me – had good day snowed 20-20 for spelling no football

1955 (Mum 27/ Me 21 days) Saturday
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The Diaries – this only changes occasionally – Rev4
Cast
Mum – Faith, Dad – Dennis
Nick – Brother (3 years older), Angie & Dave his children
Hilary aka Bugs aka Hil-e-Bugs – Sister (8 years younger)
Chloe – our white toy poodle
Other names are friends/acquaintances unless I add more detail in square brackets e.g.[cousin]
Comments by me added real time will also be in [square brackets] (Rev3)

Spelling, Case and Punctuation shown is as copied from Diary
Brackets after Year show respective ages
Hyperlinks give credit to those authors and are, of course added in modern times: Oh to have a Subbuteo online page when I was 14! (Rev3)

Mum
1965 (38), 1969 (42) and 1974 (47) T&G – Townswomen’s Guild.
Preface gives Objects, Structure of the Guild and hints from NUTG advisors on starting up Drama, Music, Social Studies and Arts and Crafts Groups
During the above years mum was looking after myself, my sister 8 years younger and brother 13

Me
1965 (10) Letts School-Boys Diary
Still at Infant/Primary School. Diary quite comprehensive giving facts on First Aid, Atomic Energy, 34 question quiz, books to read (none of which I’ve ever read), Pets, Countries of the World, Duke of Edinburgh Award, Animal Facts, Finding your way by the Sun, in fact a whole mini-book in itself.

1969 (14) Dataday Diary Gives Mileage Chart, Sun & Moon settings and phases, Wine vintage chart, clothing sizes, conversion tables and car details
Films watched this year King Kong, Carry On Up The Khyber, Bullitt, Talk Of The Devil, Carry On Cowboy, Carry On Spying, What’s Good For The Goose, The Violent Ones, Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines, Spartacus, Carry On Camping, Hell Is Empty, 100 Rifles, Carry On Cleo, Carry On Screaming, Monte Carlo Or Bust, Once Upon A Time In The West, The Great Escape, The Longest Day, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Winnie The Pooh, Where Eagles Dare
Records Bought – Fox On The Run – Manfred Mann, Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations
Disraeli Gears-The Cream LP, Blackberry Way – The Move, Magical Mystery Tour – The Beatles 2EP
Let It Bleed – Rolling Stones

1974 (19) Five Year Diary