Not much to do at work. Tom brought his gramophone over at night. I received 5/6¹ Christmas bonus. Charlie at work from 5.35 train until about midnight. Went to the Watch service² with Ernie and Joe after finishing the letter to New Zealand. Mr Chadwick and Joe Speed spoke and Mr Mullens prayed. Pretty good service. I had walk round the town. Walked through Garrison Field with Joe.

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1. Five shillings and six pence: = 27½p. ↩

2. “Watch service”: the Methodist “watch-night” service, usually starting at 11.30 pm, to see the New Year in. ↩

3. It was ALL’s habit to write “THE END”, or some variation thereof, on the last day of each diary. ↩