On the warmest June day since 1976 with hot sunshine of burning intensity, I work inside on paperwork and create a St James’s Church historical leaflet for a very appreciative Reverend Peter Lewis before taking Debbie horse riding and attending a Leisure and Amenities Committee Meeting of the District Council. Double union trouble for the government, as the law lords allow a national dock strike from early July and the appeal courts allow a railway strike and there are rumours of Kenneth Baker taking over the party chairmanship. Russian cruise liner, the ‘Maxim Gorkiy’, hits an iceberg in the Arctic Ocean and a thousand passengers are rescued
A little late up again on a day that has been the warmest in June since 1976 in some places. More hot sunshine of almost burning intensity. At least we have a cheery wren to listen to in the garden as a pair are nesting in the coconut shell under my office balcony for the first time since I created the nesting place many years ago. This morning, I worked on some paperwork and, this afternoon, I created the St James’s Church leaflet for giving visitors information. The church will sell it for 25p and the Reverend Peter Lewis was very pleased when I took it round to show him. Tonight, I collected Debbie from her school, took her to Offord for her horse riding and then attended a Leisure and Amenities Committee Meeting of the District Council. The news today is of trouble for the government on the industrial front.
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A British rail bid in the courts to prevent a national strike has been rejected at appeal and tomorrow the railway system will be at a complete stop. Also the Law Lords overturned on appeal court’s decision to prevent a national dock strike over the government’s unilateral decision to end the dock labour scheme. Now the dockers will be on strike in early July. More than a thousand elderly passengers have been rescued in the Arctic Ocean when a Russian cruise liner hit an iceberg. The ‘Maxim Gorkiy’ crew safely evacuated the passengers to the lifeboats and then helicopters ferried them to Spitsbergen. The political press are speculating on a change of Tory party chairmanship with Kenneth Baker taking over but Downing Street denies the rumours.