Erecting flagboards before going to the Wistow pub for a drink and steak sandwich lunch
Erecting flagboards before going to the Wistow pub for a drink and steak sandwich lunch

On another gloriously hot and sunny day, canvassing in Wistow with Carole Crompton, erecting another half dozen flagboards and then resting my poor throat and chest by enjoying a steak sandwich in the Wistow pub. As Percy had enough canvassers this evening, continuing my rest and catching up at home

Another poor night with my throat and chest, but I got up all right on another glorious day. It started misty but that soon cleared to become very hot and sunny. I got the latest statistics from Percy and Jack and then did a few things before setting off in the Range Rover for Bury and Wistow. Carole and I canvassed just about all of the rest of Wistow today and the response was quite good. We soon had permissions enough to put up another half dozen flag-boards and I went and got these, and we erected them in the early afternoon before going to the Wistow pub for a drink and steak sandwich lunch. Then we continued canvassing after lunch and only gave up about 4.30pm.

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The car battery had run down again today, and I had to get another jump start. Fortunately, we found a supporter in the heart of a very Tory road where it happened! I came home for tea and then rested on the bed, taking a couple of headache tablets. Having spent all day in the hot sun, it had got to me a bit. I first checked that Percy had got enough canvassers for his remaining cards tonight and then I took a rest to let my voice and chest recover for a few hours. You cannot go on indefinitely for three sessions a day in this condition. It also let me feed the fish and update this last couple of days' diaries and I printed out the entries for April and filed them away.