My headache gradually got better all day. The conservatory painter was joined by the plumbers and the window winder installer, but we left to see a pantomime in Cambridge with Marti Caine after which we rushed home the Brownie and Guides Carol Service. Police intervened to stop a bank robbery, but one officer was shot dead and another critically wounded; but one perpetrator also died and another apprehended. £19 million of aid is poured into the egg industry to try and offset the damage.
I was late to bed again, but I slept well and had a 15-minute lay-in past my normal awakening time. I started the day with a headache that continued to the end of the day but was getting slightly better as it wore on. The painter returned on his own to work and so I phoned Charles Frost again to chase them up. Later this morning, the painter was joined by the plumbers and the man who was to fix the window winders for the lantern. It was tricky with all four of them working, plus our Christmas tree, which was getting a battering! To make matters worse, the heating controls were full of air and posed a problem anyway. After lunch, I had to leave them all to it, as we left as a family to see a pantomime in Cambridge. We arrived on time but wondered about the leading lady, actress Marti Caine, who had been reported as collapsing recently and being affected with cancer.
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An enjoyable show which started a bit scary for the girls; but ended up as a happy ending. The girls enjoyed it most. A rush home afterwards and had no longer than five minutes to survey the men’s work before we ran out to the Brownie and Guide’s Carol Service. The event was missing the main organiser, Rebecca, who was ‘ill’ and left the arrangements open, but it was successful enough. After this, I took Della home and put her to bed as the party continued. The news tonight is of a bank robbery incident in which the robbers were tackled with one policeman shot dead and another critically wounded. They were eventually apprehended; one taken in custody and the other committed suicide. There are renewed calls for the death penalty. Plans announced by the government to counter the egg crisis include £19 million of aid to buy up to 400 million eggs for distribution and to slaughter up to 4 million birds. The row continues with many public health questions left unanswered.