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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1918
Theobald Toby Barrett 1918 Diary 112.pdf
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− | I drove over to Tupper's as soon as I got up this morning but it was a little late there, but as the walking was so bad I drove the girls down to school. They were late waiting for me to get through with the chores. I didn't get through with my breakfast till after ten o'clock and then went down to Flemmings & | + | I drove over to Tupper's as soon as I got up this morning but it was a little late there, but as the walking was so bad I drove the girls down to school. They were late waiting for me to get through with the chores. I didn't get through with my breakfast till after ten o'clock and then went down to Flemmings & Jack Martin's to tell them we expected the thrashers. When I got bak I spent the rest of the morning cleaning up my harness as it got pretty muddy. Dick and Frank spent most of the morning fixing up the granary. They put a partition in th emiddle bin and boarded up the tops so that the bins could be filled up to the ceiling. Dad. also battened up the cracks in the little box stall in the horse stable so that we can use in for a granary too. It rained nearly all day so we couldn't do much out side Aunty Alice came over to help Enah if the thrashers came and Dess came over too, she and Dick went down to the show to-night. I went over to Tupper'ssoon after five and did up the chores in the rain. No one had been there all day and Melissa didn't come home so the milk utensils didn't get a very good washing. When I got home I found they had got the machine here and Alan, Sam & Ray were just leaving, they had a hard time moving. |
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+ | Friday September 13<u>th</u> |
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did up the chores. To-night Marj. & I went to the picture show and saw Jack Pickford in "Huck & Tom". It has been cloudy all day and rained hard this after noon & evening.
Thursday September 12th
I drove over to Tupper's as soon as I got up this morning but it was a little late there, but as the walking was so bad I drove the girls down to school. They were late waiting for me to get through with the chores. I didn't get through with my breakfast till after ten o'clock and then went down to Flemmings & Jack Martin's to tell them we expected the thrashers. When I got bak I spent the rest of the morning cleaning up my harness as it got pretty muddy. Dick and Frank spent most of the morning fixing up the granary. They put a partition in th emiddle bin and boarded up the tops so that the bins could be filled up to the ceiling. Dad. also battened up the cracks in the little box stall in the horse stable so that we can use in for a granary too. It rained nearly all day so we couldn't do much out side Aunty Alice came over to help Enah if the thrashers came and Dess came over too, she and Dick went down to the show to-night. I went over to Tupper'ssoon after five and did up the chores in the rain. No one had been there all day and Melissa didn't come home so the milk utensils didn't get a very good washing. When I got home I found they had got the machine here and Alan, Sam & Ray were just leaving, they had a hard time moving.
Friday September 13th