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Tag Archives: Baldock
15.10.40
Writing this at Wallington, having been more or less ill for about a fortnight with a poisoned arm. Not much news – i.e only events of worldwide importance; nothing that has much affected me personally There are now 11 evacuee … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged Baldock, bedwetting, East End, evacuees, Jews, potato, Stepney, Wallington
13 Comments
30.3.40
Nice spring weather. Sowed 1 row carrots. Finished weeding strawberries, & applied a little manure. Place for broad beans now about fit to sow. One or two daffodils opening in garden. Except for Innes’ meadow beyond the Lodge, it is … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged Baldock, broad beans, carrots, daffodils, egg total, eggs, innes' meadow, lodge, manure, spring, strawberries, Wallington, weeding
7 Comments
18.11.39
Rather rainy. Went into Baldock but failed to get any rose bushes. Bought a peony root which perhaps I can plant at the corner instead of a rose. Clarke’s[1] say the shortage of grains, or the difficulty of sending them … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged Baldock, Clarke's, egg total, eggs, golden plover, grains, peony, redshank, rose, rose bushes, snipe, weather
2 Comments
17.10.39
Still, fairly fine, not cold. Went into Baldock & bought mattock, 6/-. Also a little napthaline, said to be good weed-killer when mixed in equal quantities with lime. Cleared out place where the blackberries are to go. Elm trees are … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged Baldock, beech trees, blackberries, eggs, elm trees, lime, mattock, napthaline, weather, weed-killer
7 Comments
5.8.39.
Raining almost continuously until about 6.30pm. Parts of the day rain extremely heavy. Baldock high street said to have been flooded. Marrows swelling very rapidly. French & runner beans 3” or 4” long. Apples growing very fast. Cylinder of calor … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged apples, Baldock, egg total, french beans, gas, marrows, runner beans, weather
3 Comments
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