On parade as usual. At pictures concert in the Y.M.C.A. at night.
Category Archives: 1916
21 February 1916; Monday
Up at 7.45. Got 9.30 train. Mr and Mrs Whittaker and Lizzie and Daisy to see me off besides Mother, Gertie and Dorothy. Father out first thing. Arrived at Alnwick about 12.30. At lecture in the afternoon.
20 February 1916; Sunday
Got up late. At chapel late with Father in the morning. Went with Ernie at night and sat in Tulips’pew. Went down in the car and saw Gertie in it. Called at Grandmother’s in the afternoon and saw her, Aunt Esther and Uncle Jack. Spoke to a few chapel friends. Ernie and Hilda and Moira to dinner and tea and we had two chickens and pork for dinner. Played piano a bit. Sent postcard to Betty.
At Home.
Ernie’s finger better, Father’s not much. I got out a spelk1. Shook hands with Father.
19 February 1916; Saturday
On fatigue with Ted† Copeland in the morning. Left off the job at 11 o’clock and got dressed. Got 12.8 train from Alnwick and arrived home shortly before 3 o’clock. Went down for Ernie at the shop1 with Joe. Called at Wiseman’s and then went over to Ernie’s nice house and saw Hilda and had tea. Called for Ernie at night again. Had walk out with Father, Joe and Ernie last thing. Went to bed late.
Weekend at Home.
Father got bad finger and Ernie too.
“… at the shop”: presumably Hills’; see 21 January. ↩
18 February 1916; Friday
Received letter from Betty in reply to mine1. Wrote acknowledgement and said that I would be travelling through Morpeth. Out in the town at night and got one or two things. A bottle of scent for Gertie and a brooch for Dorothy.
ALL wrote his letter to Miss Mack on the 15th February and received a reply from Betty on the 18th. ALL continues to use Miss Mack’s first name only from this point on. ↩
17 February 1916; Thursday
On fatigue for Staff Sergeant Martin and off most of the morning. Read a good bit. At the pictures at night with Sergeant Sharpley. Paraded before the adjutant for a pass home. He said 48 hours would be all I would get.
16 February 1916; Wednesday
On the same fatigue in the morning as yesterday. Lecture in the afternoon. Some snow and rain. Stayed in at night.
15 February 1916; Tuesday
On parade as usual. Down by the station with a party and rode up and down on the motors. On the same job in the afternoon. Stayed in at night. Wrote letter to Miss Mack.
14 February 1916; Monday
On parade as usual. Helped to put up boxing ring for tomorrow night. Lecture in the afternoon. At pictures at night with Black. Sharpley with us at the pictures.
13 February 1916; Sunday
Up at 7 o’clock. At church as usual. Walked up road in the afternoon. At church with Sharpley at night. Walked round with him afterwards but missed Miss Mack. Fine moonlight light [sic] and enjoyed the walk.