Saturday August 8, 1981

 _. Awakened at 9am by the postman bearing a book from the book club entitled 'Book of the Countryside' including 1,000 days out in Britain. I could have knocked him out with it. Felt quite horrid and returned to bed until 12. 

Lynn phoned to see if we fancied a day out. We had to say no because we have to wait here for the delivery man from Vallance's with our WASHING MACHINE.  Yes, a Phillips WO82 automatic. They carried it in at 12 and within minutes it was filled with my soiled underpants and socks. We sat eating to the sound of our new toy bashing away in the kitchen.

Auntie Mabel.

Phoned Auntie Mabel and arranged to visit her this evening. At 3 we went out on an antique shop motor run and we ended up in Thackley looking at a drop-leaf table costing £50. Very tempting, but we came away empty handed. If the table is still there next weekend we'll put down a deposit and collect it later in the month. We did find an old, tatty picture frame for £2 and on returning home I put my 'Egerton Burnett' print in the frame and hung it in the hallway upstairs. Very proud of this achievment. I stood, eyes half shut, admiring my handiwork for ages.

We dined on steak and kidney pudding with cauliflower cheese. Ally is an admirable cook.

To Auntie Mabel's at 8:45 armed with wedding proofs and honeymoon photos. Marlene and Debbie came to view the photos. We sat with auntie until almost 1am, had sandwiches for supper, then drove the ten minutes back to Club St.

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