Category Archives: 1914

All diary entries written in 1914.

27 June 1914; Saturday

27 June 14June 1914Charlie, Holiday, MapArthur Linfoot

[Written in longhand above date -] Advance in wages. Went to Bowes.

Got up at about 7.30. Family went with 9.13 train to Bowes.¹ I worked until 12.30 and then rode home on bicycle. Hurried up to station. Met Charlie there. Travelled with him. Left Sunderland by 1.26. Arrived Bowes 6 o’clock. Spent time in Bishop Auckland and Barnard Castle. Fine day. Had short walks at night. Went on to moors last thing. Received advance in wages from Mr Scott. 30/- per week now. Bowes is a small village built on the main road to Tebay. The houses are mostly stone. It stands high. The air is good and the village very quiet and pretty.

The map shows the beginning (A) and end (B) of this journey. Bowes is in Teesdale; the places mentioned are nearly all identifiable on large-scale maps. See also Bowes map. ↩

26 June 1914; Friday

26 June 14June 1914Arthur Linfoot

Got up at 6 o’clock. Went to the baths and had a good time. Finished in good time. Luggage sent on. Made final arrangements last thing. Had walk out. Very unsettled. Not much to do. Fine night. Went up to the library and left a book there.

25 June 1914; Thursday

25 June 14June 1914Arthur Linfoot

A bit row first thing about the letters being left. Edward turned over new leaf and helped us a bit. Finished shortly after 5 o’clock. Fine day. Had a bath at night and put up papers ready for going away. Walked down and saw Sherwood <Spain> and had long talk with him on the step.

24 June 1914; Wednesday

24 June 14June 1914Ernie, Music, Sunderland, Willie Whittaker, WorkArthur Linfoot

Not very busy at work. Finished in good time. A bit of a row about closing the letters and we left them so John had to close the big ones. Went across to Roker at night with Willie Whittaker and heard the Royal Irish Fusiliers on the pier. Walked home. Wrote letter to Ernie.

23 June 1914; Tuesday

23 June 14June 1914Chapel, Ernie, Joe, Music, Willie Whittaker, WorkArthur Linfoot

Not very busy at work. Went down and played at class meeting at night. Played ping pong until late. Had hair cut. Joe, and Willie Whittaker down helping to take down platform. Received letter from Ernie with regard to the insurance question.

22 June 1914; Monday

22 June 14June 1914WorkArthur Linfoot

Got up about 7.45. Not much to do at work. Finished in good time. Played a bit and read a bit. Cleared papers out.

21 June 1914; Sunday

21 June 14June 1914Blaikie, Chadwick, ChapelArthur Linfoot

Continuation of Anniversary. Pretty good services and the evening service well attended. Mr Chadwick thanked Blaikie and didn’t mention Willie, and Willie’s playing had * *. It thundered in church at night. We had short walk and went to Whittakers’ to supper. Talked until nearly 11 o’clock. Willie and Lily in to supper too.

20 June 1914; Saturday

20 June 14June 1914Charlie, JoeArthur Linfoot

Got up about 7.30. Finished about 1.30. Went up town with Charlie. Called at the Rudge shop and got a new brake. Got a bell at Halfords’. It thundered in the afternoon and shortly after tea. Read a good bit and had a walk with Joe last thing.

19 June 1914; Friday

19 June 14June 1914Ernie, Library, WorkArthur Linfoot

Got up about 7.30. Ernie went away at 8.30. Busy all day at work. Mistake not found out. Stayed in at night. Thundered in the afternoon a bit. Read some of W.W. Jacobs’ novel.

18 June 1914; Thursday

18 June 14June 1914Ernie, WorkArthur Linfoot

Turned out at usual time. Stayed back at night. A mistake of about 8 or 10 tons in the stock and we were there until nearly 9.30 trying to find it but didn’t. Had short walk to the post office last thing with Ernie. Stocktaking completed.

The Diary of Arthur L. Linfoot

58th Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C.