Friday 18th July 2025

I looked at my dad's journal today. He started it in 1968 when he married mum, he describes a lost world of places that no longer exists.

In it he's written an inventory of things he bought from Teignmouth and Rugby. I will make a separate blog of it so it's not lost, I will describe what each item is and what it did.

I was sad when he described the loss of Jinky our dog, I know Jinky meant a lot to him; they are both together in Heaven now. 

I noticed  how excited dad got when he and mum got their first colour tv. You have to remember that a lot of homes in those days had black and white tv's, colour only existed in hotels and guest houses.

I know dad got upset when his bike was stolen, mine was pinched too from the shed at Sanctuary. Have a solar motion light over the door now.

I got my work cut out now trying to save all this, and I will.