Tag Archives: Pelman

Pelmanism was a popular system of memory training, using association of things and ideas.

15 April 1915; Thursday

15 April 15April 1915Aerial warfare, Ernie, Pelman, WorkArthur Linfoot

At work as usual. Got work nicely up to date. Read a bit and did some Pelman¹. Wrote letter to Ernie and posted it last thing.

Air Raid over Lowestoft².

Pelman: See 6 January 1914. ↩
See note on 14 April 1915. ↩

1 April 1915; Thursday

1 April 15April 1915Father, Mother, Pelman, ShopArthur Linfoot

Carred¹ to work both in the morning and dinnertime. Busy all day. Finished about 6 o’clock. Called round by Hopkirk’s and had a haircut and a shave. Saw a boy fall of<f> van and picked him up. Received £75 from Heath as Compensation for father’s accident. Mother received it at the office. I hurried down on the car and banked £50 of it. Did a bit shorthand², Pelman³ and played. Went to bed very late. Successful day in the shop.

“Carred” meaning “I rode on the tram-car.” ↩
See Pitman’s Shorthand. ↩
Pelman: See 6 January 1914. ↩

31 March 1915; Wednesday

31 March 15March 1915Pelman, WorkArthur Linfoot

Very busy at work. Finished about 6 o’clock. Saw aeroplane. Practiced shorthand¹ a bit. Played the piano. Read a bit Pelman².

See Pitman’s Shorthand. ↩
Pelman: See note on 6 January 1914. ↩

10 March 1915; Wednesday

10 March 15March 1915Naval warfare, Pelman, Shop, WorkArthur Linfoot

At work as usual. The shop slightly better. Played the piano at night and read a bit. Did some Pelman¹.

U12² rammed by Ariel. 18 men lost, 10 saved.

Pelman: See 6 January 1914. ↩
The submarine U12 was rammed and sunk on this date by HMS Ariel, a destroyer, off Aberdeen; 19 German lives lost, 10 rescued. ↩

1 February 1915; Monday

1 February 15February 1915Ernie, Joe, Naval warfare, Pelman, WorkArthur Linfoot

At work as usual. Busy all day. Received letter from Ernie and one from Isaac¹. Stayed in at night and read and looked up Pelman². Walked out last thing. Another big British ship sunk by a German submarine in the English Channel³. Meeting in the Thornhill Hall of the athletes. Joe went but didn’t stay to the finish.

Isaac: see footnote to entry on 12 October 1914. ↩
Pelman: See 6 January 1914. ↩
It is not clear to which “big British ship” ALL may have been referring here. Three merchant ships (SS Ikaria, SS Tokomaru and SS Oriole) had been sunk by U-20 in the English channel (near Le Havre) on 30 January 1915 and U-20 also fired a torpedo at the hospital ship Asturias on 1 February. The latter attack failed when the torpedo missed its mark. Wikipedia notes these events briefly at this page. U-20 was later better known as the submarine which sunk Lusitania. ↩

9 January 1915; Saturday

9 January 15January 1915Pelman, Willie Whittaker, WorkArthur Linfoot

At work as usual. Finished late. Went to town and got papers. Went to lecture at Trinity¹ on Memory² and enjoyed it. Had walk round town with Willie Whittaker. Read a bit and went to bed late.

Trinity: See 10 January 1914. ↩
Memory: Possibly related to ALL’s interest in Pelmanism? ↩

27 July 1914; Monday

27 July 14July 1914Charlie, Current affairs, Father, July Crisis, PelmanArthur Linfoot

Got <up> in decent time and went to work <in> better time. Very busy all day. Got through in good time at night. Played a bit and had short walk with Charlie. Did a bit Pelman¹. Looked up a bit grammar. Trouble between Servia² and Austria & a prospect of all Europe being concerned. Gun running³ at Ulster and 4 people killed in riot. Mr Whittaker called for Father to go and sign loan.

Pelman: see note on 6 January. ↩
See note on 23 July about the spelling of Serbia. ↩
Gun running: See note about the Ulster Crisis on 21 March. ↩

4 June 1914; Thursday

4 June 14June 1914Charlie, Pelman, Willie WhittakerArthur Linfoot

Busy all day. Finished in good time. Went down to practice late after doing some Pelman¹. Walked round with Charlie and Willie Whittaker. Made arrangement over meeting tomorrow night. Edward gave me his ticket.

Pelman: see note on 6 January. ↩

27 May 1914; Wednesday

27 May 14May 1914Joe, Mother, Pelman, WorkArthur Linfoot

Got up as usual. Busy at work. Felt a bit off at night and didn’t do much work. Talked a bit with Joe and did a bit Pelman¹. Mother still unwell.

Pelman: see note on 6 January. ↩

23 May 1914; Saturday

23 May 14May 1914Charlie, Father, Library, Pelman, SunderlandArthur Linfoot

Wet day. Wild and stormy. Went over with Charlie to Roker in the afternoon but the airman¹ was not flying. Had short walk with Father, and later on had a short walk by myself. Read a bit Pelman². Read some of Anna Karenina.

The airman: Presumably M. Salmet; see yesterday’s entry. ↩
Pelman: see note on 6 January. ↩

The Diary of Arthur L. Linfoot

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