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Combining a warm and showery family Saturday with packing up my office and passing it over to John Lamb after reading the 9-month Peat Marwick report before home to a seafood tea as England lose 2-0 to the Soviet Union at football
A slow start to the day, but eventually to have breakfast after getting, again, the morning drinks for the family. To the office and a good hour or two starting the process of cutting up and pasting in the group board minutes, taking Deborah to ‘help’ do the cutting. I met the Peat Marwick accountants there and gave them my slight alterations of fact, differing also with them on their recommendations on warranties that are usually asked of the vendor.
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Day of company secretarial work interrupted by Geoff Lynch’s antics and a Computer Weekly interview before receiving a very satisfactory investigating accountants report and taking June to review Grove House progress as two miners are rendered unconscious during more picketing and violence
I wake early and get up to prepare the morning coffee for Diana, hot Ribena for Debbie and tea for Daniel and me. Di is pleased at this unusual gesture and has had another poor night’s sleep but is in a much more relieved state of mind having got her trouble off her chest. A breakfast of cereal and toast and then off to the factory to prepare for the day ahead. The day is planned as a quiet one attending to company secretarial work but in the event the morning is dominated by telephone calls from Geoff Lynch of Xitan discussing his negotiations and salary expectations, Keith Holder of Computer Weekly noting my stepping down from the BMMG Chairmanship and Comarts Computer Managing Directorship, and other urgent matters arising with the Peat Marwick accountants.