At work as usual. Got up about 6 o’clock and went to the baths. Got on all right. Busy at work all day. Had walk at night.
Category Archives: 1915
15 July 1915; Thursday
At work as usual. Rained in the afternoon. Had walk at night.
14 July 1915; Wednesday
At work as usual. Busy all day. Finished earlier a bit. Worked at shop books. Played a bit.
13 July 1915; Tuesday
At work as usual. Busy all day. Finished late, about 6 o’clock. A girl fell over Hendon Cliffs and there was a lot of bother before they got the ambulance. Had walk at night with Joe, after trying to square cash for shop.
12 July 1915; Monday
At work again. Pretty busy. Mr Scott away on his holidays. Tried to get shop books done up at night and had a walk last thing.
Returned to work again.
11 July 1915; Sunday
Got up late and walked round by the river side and Ford Paper Works with Joe. At Sunday School and chapel at night. A local preaching. Fine day. Had walk at night.
10 July 1915; Saturday
Got up about 6 o’clock and had a bathe. Enjoyed it immensely. Got 11.30, after a walk round the town. Ernie saw me off. Changed at Edinburgh, and arrived at Newcastle 4.50. Got late train to Sunderland and arrived 5.30. Had walk in the town at night with Willie Whittaker and Charlie.
Returned home from St Andrews.
9 July 1915; Friday
Got up about 9 o’clock. Fine day. Walked round various places, including along the sands. Didn’t read quite so much. Went up the tower again in the afternoon but didn’t see the girl with the brown shoes and stockings1. Had walk over the links and back by the Great Bridge Road last thing.
Possibly the same girl as ALL had met on the tower the previous day? ↩
8 July 1915; Thursday
Slept in. Went out about 9.30. Walked along pier and afterwards along the sands to the River Eden. In the afternoon went with Ernie down the subterranean tunnel and the bottle dungeon1 and up St Rule’s† Tower2. A girl spoke to us on the tower. Had a walk at night by myself while Hilda went to the pictures and Ernie minded Moira. Fine day again.
The bottle dungeon is located in St Andrews Castle (A). ↩
St Rule’s tower: St Rule’s tower (B) is located in the grounds of St Andrews Cathedral but predates it. The tower was originally ascended using ladders between wooden floors, but a stone spiral staircase was inserted in the 18th century.
See also St Andrews map. ↩
7 July 1915; Wednesday
Got up about 6 o’clock and went down to bathe. I went in but Ernie didn’t. Turned out a wild wet day. Read “Sky Pilot”1, had short walk in the morning, afternoon and at night with Hilda and Moira. Read a bit of Gardiner’s Prophets, Priests & Kings2. Went to pictures at night with Ernie and saw Charlie Chaplin amongst other pictures.
“Sky Pilot”: probably the frontier adventure novel, The Sky Pilot, publ. 1899, by Ralph Connor, nom de plume of Rev. Dr. Charles William Gordon, 1860 – 1937, leader in Presbyterian then United Churches in Canada. ’Sky pilot’ was also Forces slang for ‘padre.’ See also The Sky Pilot and Arthur Linfoot’s Library. ↩
“Prophets, Priests & Kings”: collection of short biographies, publ. 1908, by Alfred George Gardiner, 1865 – 1946, who also wrote “Pillars of Society”; and “The War Lords”, publ. June 1915, comprising 20 short biographical essays on kings, emperors, politicians, generals & admirals of some 10 combatant nations. See also Prophets, Priests and Kings and Arthur Linfoot’s Library. ↩