Wednesday July 2, 1986

 Moorhouse Inn, Leeds LS11 5NQ

Sunshine. We went at 9:15 to St Edmund's Hall and North Leeds Prep School on Gledhow Lane to see a Mrs Lynch, who gave us a guided tour of her little school while Samuel played unperturbed in the nursery class. It was a good old fashioned school. Mrs Lynch walked us to the gate and patting Sam on the head said: "well, we'll see what we can do about getting you in." This will not happen until September, 1987. We'd like earlier. Back to the Moorhouse until 3:30. To Bradford where we all have our hair 'sorted'. Sam had to hold his Teddy Bear for his trim.

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Tuesday July 1, 1986

 Moorhouse Inn, Leeds LS11 5NQ

Bank Holiday in Canada

Busy, frantic pub. Leslie Gledhill came in this evening when only Ally and I were in the bar and he stood quizzing us as to why we have suddenly become so popular. The taking are going up and up. We had a wedding anniversary party for Pat and Tony.

The Princess of Wales is 25 today. God bless her. 

Social: Lady Fairfax of Cameron gave birth to a son on Friday in London.

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Monday June 30, 1986

 Moorhouse Inn, Leeds, LS11 5NQ

Up bright and early. Liz in. For God's sake, I'm going to go on about the weather. People tend to do at times like this. After a cold start to the month, it has been the warmest second half of June over central England since 1976. During this month every kind of weather has been reported ranging from snow and hail and thunder to cloudless skies and temperatures reaching 90 degrees F. Over the five days from June 25 to June 29 the temperature in England was 8.8 degrees fahrenheit above average. The month started with a pretty gloomy day across most of Britain. It was muggy, misty and drizzly. Brighter weather spread from the north on the June 3rd ... Many areas had sunny spells but showers and a cold wind on northern and eastern coasts meant temperatures here were well below average. Cape Wrath in the north of Scotland failed to get warmer than 45 degrees all day on June 5.The next few days were variable. On June 9 it rained most of the day in parts of North West Scotland with mild afternoon temperatures... Continued on Page 94.

Lord Stockton is still not well. Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark has gone off to the Gobi Desert and mountains of Mongolia filming for Channel 4. He is 18.

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Sunday June 29, 1986

 Moorhouse Inn, Leeds LS11 5NQ

5th Sunday after Trinity

Bessie phoned. Andrew and Lorraine are to live in un-marital bliss in a £29,000 maisonette at Eastleigh, Southampton, no bigger than a shoe box. Bessie and Frank are unhappy about them living in 'sin', but what can they do? She says she has bought them storage jars, buckets and bedding, just as if they were married. We did a buffet tonight for the lad from Lawrence House OAP residence. He always looks lost and dejected. He was no different tonight. My God, how dull some people are. Look back at some of my birthdays for instance - my 21st - we were so active and alcoholic. One large, over enthusiastic lady tipped a pint of beer over the head of a fellow guest. I was cross.

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Saturday June 28, 1986

Ian and Jacq.

 Moorhouse Inn, Leeds LS11 5NQ

Our World Cup fancy dress party: a good gathering. No big crowd from Pudsey, except Marlene who was low and left early. Guests included John, Janette, George W, Jayne, Lynn, Dave B, Sue, Peter, Denise, Tony, MM, Marita, Jacq, Ian, &c. And at 11pm in came Sarah C and Trevor - most unexpected. Sarah is now a jogger. Coal carrying, &c. Jacq, dressed as a football referee, had hiccoughs. They were all gone at 1am leaving Ally and I with Bernie McC, Frank, Alan (Batey), and a couple called Sharon and Glyn. He is a building worker. Bed 3am.

Lord Stockton has been poorly - pneumonia. He is 92. Oh dear. The auction of the Lordship of the Manor of East Dummer, the home village of Sarah Ferguson, failed to find a buyer yesterday.

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Friday June 27, 1986

 Moorhouse Inn, Leeds LS11 5NQ

Temperatures went over 90F today. Ally took Samuel to his cousin Ben's birthday barbeque at Guiseley. Today is our fifth wedding anniversary. At 2:50 I crept out with Jack Collett to the Junction (2 pints) and then to the New Canning WMC. Here I was allocated my own suite because the place was full of undesirables from our place whom I have blown out in the past 2 years. Very drunk. Joined by Copenhagen Willy  and his Fergie-like Mrs. Ally came back at 6. Customers plied me with white wine tonight and by 11:30pm I was doing my Basil Fawlty impersonation and generally causing a breach of the Queen's peace. Upstairs Ally was thoroughly disgusted.

Sue and Ben.

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Thursday June 26, 1986

 Moorhouse Inn, Leeds LS11 5NQ

Ally to the clinic at 2:30. She has phoned some prep schools re Samuel entering at 3. 

The DT has a pic of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, walking arm in arm at Killyleagh, Northern Ireland. They are a loving, demonstrative pair. I feel that the prince will have to show her who is the boss.

Social news: Lady Romsey gave birth to a daughter yesterday, on what would have been the 86th birthday of Lord Mountbatten. Lady Louise, perhaps? Lady Rowena Montagu-Stuart-Wortley has become engaged to John R. Hunt.

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Wednesday June 25, 1986

 Moorhouse Inn, Leeds LS11 5NQ

A health visitor went to Club St this afternoon to meet Ally. No doubt snooping to make sure we really do have a home in Bradford.

News: Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson paid a flying visit to Ulster. There's a pic in the DT of a heavily pregnant Princess Caroline of Monaco. She is due in August. Sir Frank Whittle has been appointed OM by HM.

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Tuesday June 24, 1986

 Moorhouse Inn, Leeds LS11 5NQ

Stock take at 10am. A £30 deficit. No staff. Sir John Colville's book came in the post, and I flicked through the pages with great excitement.

Viscount Lowther, son of the Earl of Lonsdale, married Miss Angela Wyatt, daughter of Capt Peter Wyatt, RN (retired), on Saturday. I have to keep notes of these sort of things because my copy of Burke's Peerage is 30 years old.

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Monday June 23, 1986

 Moorhouse Inn, Leeds LS11 5NQ

Brewery meeting at the Raynville in Bramley. Samuel went for tea to Karen and Steve's. He and Hayley are very compatible. Karen is so very much like Hilda. Back from the Raynville at 8:30. Fish & chips. Watch a vid of 'Pride and Prejudice', the Olivier version. Maureen and Liz were below and cleaning up and nattering until 11:20.

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Sunday June 22, 1986

 Moorhouse Inn, Leeds LS11 5NQ

4th Sunday after Trinity

Maradona: hand ball .... or something.

Mags at lunch. Roast chicken. England was defeated by Argentina. A hand ball by Maradona, or something. Bev and Karin did PM. 

Yesterday we received an invitation to the wedding on August 9, of cousin Jacqueline and Barry Raistrick. Startled. We want to go but what about baby? Jacqueline was born on August 9, 1956.

Prince Edward has passed his final history exams at Cambridge University and has been awarded a Class II, Division II degree. 'Highly respectable', says the university. I predict that one day Prince Edward will be Duke of Cambridge.

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