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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1921
Theobald Toby Barrett 1921 Diary 26.pdf
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took Aunty up to the dentist's. I was with the band all the afternoon and evening. We shifted around drom Buck's to the dock and up to Powell park and in then evening played down on the end of the pier till the lake flies drove us out. The Galt Kiltie band was here too playing all afternoon & ebvening. I didn't get a chance to hear them but dad. thought they were fine. After we finished playing I ran across the family and later marj. with her father, Mrs Bagley & Essie. We took a walk down to the beach and th crowd was dense in front of Ben's "Summer Garden" but the most amusing thing down there was to hear Quint & {Zeek?} and a little farther down Quint. yelling like xcrazy savages for people to try thewir luck at the games offering prozes of lucky ducks & cupie dolls and other things which really seems to probve that the world has goen "batty" for they seemed to et ris of an enormous quantity of hideous things. Dad. & I walked home and milked and I walke dhome at night and was glad to get here. Dad. was up at four o'clock this morning and after he helped me milk we went up to help take jack paine's body to the
