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Family day enjoying another birthday tea with my parents delivering my new fantail doves and us all enjoying recent videos Indian Sikhs retire to refugee camps and the violence subsides
A fair lay in reading The Sunday Times before a fine fried breakfast, which I thoroughly enjoyed as my Sunday treat. Quickly washed and dressed and then Daniel and his friend Paul helped me to clip the ducks wings one by one. They have recently completed their moults and have been flying out of the slipway and up and down the river, but not anymore. I resume reading the papers in the lounge until lunch at 1.00pm. A dish of meat and vegetables and Daniel discourteously identifies the meat as dry. Then soon after lunch my Mum and Dad arrived with two cases full of fantail doves.
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My 38th birthday opening presents as my new Coat of Arms is approved and John, Brenda, David and Rebecca Tomblin come for tea and we join Eddie and Stella for a neighbourhood bonfire and fireworks on a cooler but clear evening
My 38th birthday and Diana brought me breakfast in bed as I read the mornings paper. A late lay in reading this, and the British Telecom share prospectus, before rising by 11.00 am to wash and dress. Presents and cards brought to bed and I had new cuff links, tie rack and to eat, honeycomb and chocolate. Lastly, a nice toilet bag with good selection of toiletries. As we were expecting several visitors this weekend, I decided to make a film of my birthday and situation, I was also prompted by the receipt of my full colour drawing of my Coat of Arms – now approved by the College of Arms.
I took a splendid family video
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Day starting sunny and fine as I catch up on my journal and then fix my dove cage before a family lunch and afternoon’s work on BMMG business as the Indian Sikhs suffer reprisals for Mrs Gandhi’s murder and Polish colonels are arrested for the Polish priest’s murder
Late in bed, reading and catching up on these last two days journal while the warm sun slants in through our balcony doors. I continue after breakfast until finished and washed about 10.00am. Out to ready my tools and fix two hooks to the wall before the gardener helps me to lift the dove cage into position after a certain amount of struggling. Then to the shed and make a shelf out of marine ply cut by circular saw. I fit this in position with two brackets to form the cage bottom. In a few weeks’ time it will still remain as a feeding tray. With all finished, and the office checked for urgent messages and mail, we set off for St Neots to do some shopping at the Co-op. Diana conveniently leaves her cheque book at home and I pick up the bill for the largest grocery purchase ever - £47! Lunch at The Little Paxton Little Chef and then back for an afternoons work at the office.
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Fine and warm day on early morning paperwork before visiting markets and shopping in the morning and constructing my dove cage in the afternoon and evening as British Foreign Office advises British subjects not to travel to India as riots grow in more than 20 cities leaving 145 dead. Back home treasury rates are easing but unemployment still rises for adults on seasonal trends
No appointments or plans during this first working day that Daniel is back at school and so I arrange to go out later on for some shopping. First to wash, dress, eat and get to my office for soon after 9.00am, and to power up the telephone system where I find few messages. Out with the bank statements and treasury deposit slips so as to update my present cash position and reconcile the account. I settle outstanding bills, pay Diana £1,000 for expenses reimbursement and calculate that I need £22,500 back from building societies to my current account. By the time I had finished it was lunchtime and Diana prepared a poor lunch of sardines and bread which I ate! Off then to St Neots parking my car near to the cattle grid that separates the town from the common. For the first time I dropped into Shaw’s the auctioneers and was intrigued to see the auctions of fruit and vegetables, furniture and other materials. A good array of traditional flat-capped Huntingdonshire farming types and their vans parked around and some very good bargains of market garden produce for those willing to spend the time bidding and settling. ‘Chips’ of apples selling for a £ and all in good condition too.