Reference
Z1606/13
Title
Personal diary
Date free text
18 March 1965 - 2 March 1983
Production date
From: 1965 To: 1983
Scope and Content
Volume focuses primarily on domestic life in Bedford at 66 Marlborough Road in the 1960s. There are some pencil annotations/corrections in Leah's hand. Diary also includes annotations and calculations on inside back cover. Much of the content revolves around descriptions of the weather, obtaining, preserving and preparing food, cleaning the house and working at the allotment or garden. Frequent references are made to events held by the Literary Society, Archaeological society, Folk Dance club and Rambling club. There is also frequent reference to time spent with her nephew, John.
Includes:
Volume opens with list of family members and descriptions including information on when and where they were born, their family/children, occupations and a brief history. There is also a sketch of "The Sibbald Crest" and relating information connecting the Sibbald's to the Aynsley family. This part of the volume is dated (20/1/46) but additional annotations have been added in different coloured ink at a later date. The diary then resumes in March 1965 (18/3/1965)
Account of Easter weekend 1965 (19/4/65)
This volume also includes various lists including "strikes", "Books read at Barton" and "Holiday packing" as well as lists of necessary cards and presents ranging from 1980 to 1986 in the last pages.
Level of description
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