Tag Archives: Music

13 March 1914; Friday

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Got up about 8 o’clock. Busy all day. Finished about 5.30. Mr Pike in at night. I got Susie Robson’s songs and tried them over. Had short walk last thing. Went to bed about 11 o’clock. The doctor in and he is not coming until next week. Father downstairs in the front room.

12 March 1914; Thursday

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Got up shortly after 7 o’clock. Drilled. Wrote a bit. At work in good time. Not much to do. Mr Briggs came at night. We played until after 9 o’clock. Charlie sang a few songs. Went down to see Mr Morley afterwards and arranged with him for a few “darts†”1. Posted letter for Joe last thing about a job at Newcastle.

  1. “Darts” is a possible reading, but being in inverted commas, it evidently had some special meaning at which it is now impossible to guess. ↩

8 March 1914; Sunday

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Missionary Anniversary. At chapel and School as usual. Mr Baker preached in the morning. A meeting in the church in the afternoon. Mr Shepherd and a Mr Clark spoke. Pretty good meeting. Collections slightly up but no chairman’s donation. Didn’t have usual walks. Night very fine. I stayed to prayer meeting †afterwards to† get collections and square things up. Played the piano. Father improving. I called at Fred Waggott’s1 at dinner time to see about the School. James told Charlie the sketch for the social is off.

  1. Fred Waggott: the family had a long-­established butchery business, and were members of the Methodist chapel. ↩

4 March 1914; Wednesday

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Got up at 8 o’clock. Mr Aitken away at London. Called round by the dock and got Father’s compensation money. Finished in decent time. Played a bit at night and then went down to Briggs’ and practised with him. Called for Willie and went to the Victoria Hall1 and saw Cherry Kearton’s Pictures of wild animals2. They were very good and interesting. Joe reporting3 at a meeting in the afternoon and got 5/-­ for it. Went to bed late.

  1. Victoria Hall: See note on 10 January. ↩

  2. Cherry Kearton: early wildlife photographer, recently (2013) re-popularised. ↩

  3. “Joe reporting”: Joe Wiseman wrote excellent Pitman’s shorthand; he and ALL did verbatim reporting at political meetings etc for practice, and evidently for income in Joe’s case. ↩

3 March 1914; Tuesday

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Got up about 7.45. Drilled a bit. Pretty busy at work. Finished soon. Played a bit. Went to the library. Shaved. Went to the choir practice and played for the anthems. Walked round with Willie. Told him about Joe being out of work. Arranged to go to the pictures tomorrow night at the Victoria Hall1. Went to bed late. Father sat up for a bit.

  1. Victoria Hall: see note on 10 January. ↩

28 February 1914; Saturday

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Got up about 7.30. Finished shortly before 2 o’clock. Had walk to Whitburn in the afternoon with Charlie and Joe. Grand day. Went down to Briggs’ at night and tried some fiddle pieces there. Uncle Ned and his wife in. Went out with Charlie after 10 o’clock. Met Thorp Newby and walked round with him. Went to bed about midnight. Thorp said John Hugill had said I had preached a good sermon and that he would go again when I preach1.

  1. “A good sermon”: ALL was persuaded to start as a local preacher, but soon gave it up. ↩

26 February 1914; Thursday

February 1914,

Got up rather late. Busy all day. Finished about 7 o’clock at the office. Charlie up at Mr Pike’s and across at a man called Horton†<’s> house. Mr Horton is a tradesman at Thompson’s and knew Uncle Willie1 and learned music under him. He didn’t get in until 12 o’clock.

  1. Probably William Gaylard Linfoot, ALL’s youngest paternal uncle, who had gone to New Zealand; but there may have been a maternal Uncle Willie too. ↩