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Creating more election aids on a wet day and then collecting my magnificently-painted Reliant ‘Percy’ and rewarding Christopher Childs well before taking the children on another ride before returning to my election preparations. More violent pictures of the British soldier murders appear, Reagan plans to visit Moscow for the arms negotiation summit and Iran claims Iraq used mustard gas, after a Kurdish city had been taken.
Slept well enough and again woke up early. At this time, before the clocks go back, it is so light then that it is difficult to stay asleep. Showered in good time for breakfast and scanned the headlines. The rain teemed down this morning and I am sure that the river will be soon up again. Spent the morning copying and creating car stickers and posters from some orange day-glow material. Soon time for lunch, which was taken by our family, plus Debbie's friend Philipa, plus Chrisula and Catherine, who were visiting. I heard that Percy was ready at the signwriters and so we dodged the showers this afternoon and went over to pick it up. The sign writing was magnificent in gold, silver, red and black.
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A busy day meeting people about my Little Paxton history project and getting the older ladies together at The Old Post Office. More death and recriminations in Northern Ireland and a late TUC agreement for bringing Ford Electronics to Dundee might be too late but a compromise has been agreed at Land Rover to end their 7 week strike
A busy day out and about meeting people, but it started a little later than these last few days, as I slept in a little. Still had plenty of time to shower, wash my hair and dress before breakfast. After my cereal, I spent a little time in my office opening the mail and writing out some paying-in slips for the children’s investment accounts and then it was time to visit Edie Smith. Edie is an old village resident that came to Little Paxton in 1917 at the age of 9 and has lived here ever since. Her name was originally Smith, she was ‘sort of’ adopted by Harry Richardson Smith of the Old Post Office and then married a Harold Smith later – 3 Smiths and never had to change her name! Poor old thing, she never gets out and so I picked up Ivy Bunnage and Vera Ruff and we all got together there. Learnt a good few things more as we chatted for a couple of hours before it was time to go, but at least we managed to persuade her to come and meet Ian and Wendy Thorpe this afternoon.
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‘First off the mark’ filing my election nomination and then canvassing the local newspapers after a pouring wet night making the river levels an issue. Tom King sets in motion an urgent review of Ulster funeral policing, Britain’s seamen’s leaders are balloting for a national strike BP have been fined £750,000 after three men were killed at its Grangemouth refinery
To bed at 11.00pm and awake by 5.30am, but a sound night’s sleep in between. Awake early enough to pester Di, before we got up as I needed my morning drink; still having my cold to cope with. It had been pouring with rain all night, teeming in fact, and the river rose strongly this morning, so that I had to send Daniel out to loosen his mooring ropes. Our older dinghy also floated off downstream, but Pete went after it and brought it back! I worked in my office this morning, preparing and copying leaflet delivery cards and then completing my new press release about being ‘First off the mark’ with my nomination form. I phoned Percy to try to persuade him to let me release it today and then spoke to Michael Pope, who agreed with me and I went ahead anyway. Dropped copies in by car to St Neots Weekly News and Trader, then drove to Huntingdon.
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This sunny and warm day was spent getting my election campaign underway, completing the list of nominations I needed to be able to stand, and documenting my leaflet delivery walks. The news is of the deaths of British soldiers in Northern Ireland and an Israeli soldier as The US tried to get General Manuel Noriega, to resign
Awake and up early to chase up my morning tea. Drank it and showered early so that I could start my election leafleting plans before breakfast. Broke off for a nice fried meal (I still seem to be only 13st 2lbs at the moment, with expending all this mental energy). Carried on afterwards, until I went out in late morning to tend the ducks and doves. The weather was sunny and warm then and I canvassed for a neighbours vote as she chanced by! Checked the baby doves and rings and some are surviving OK and others not. Worked on to lunchtime and then after. I am laminating with a protective polythene film a copy of the route maps for each of my Little Paxton leaflet walks, with a copy of general and specific house-by-house instructions.