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NOVEMBER 1944

16 Thur
Very cold again. Had nice
current events lessons. Chemistry lessons
were pretty grim but biology not too bad.
Did homework in evening. Bill came to tea.
Colin Harry & Taffy all popped in during evening
and Ted & Denys came to supper.

Bill's day off
17 Fri
Did not got to school. Cold much
worse. It rained all day. Helped Mummy
all the morning. Cleaned my bedroom. Bill
came in after dinner. Denys came in afternoon and had
bath. Did some H.W. in evening. Bill Ted, Dave
Colin & Denys came to supper.

18 Sat - s.r. 7.23, s.s. 4.7
Mild day but rained
[...] the time. Went to Sutton and did all
the errands in morning. Bill came in
at dinner time but no one came in in evening
except Denys for a few minutes. Did homework
in evening.

Take advantage of favourable weather to prune Apples
and Pears. Collect and burn all prunings, storing the ash
in a dry place until required. Protect trained Fig trees
growing on walls by lightly thatching them with spruce
boughs or similar material.