Thursday December 10, 1981

Audrey.

 _.The car showed no sign of life this morning at 6:30 and we abandoned all hope of getting her to go. We phoned Lynn to cancel our dinner date tonight at Burley. She says that fortunately she's made something which will keep. Today Lynn and Sue received copies of the Wilson family tree. All the family born since Squire Wilson in June 1836.

Bob [Cockroft] has used one of my tips. Lady Ellerman, widow of Sir John Ellerman, 2nd and last baronet, of the shipping line, has married the Hon George Borwick, in South Africa. Lady Ellerman, in her sixties, was the sole beneficiary under Sir John's £54m will  when he died in 1973. Just imagine fifty four million smackers. 

Ally was raging in frustration over the car. Audrey has caused us to cancel two engagements this week. The choice of a Citroen Dyan is the worst mistake we've made. I removed the battery [again] and put it on charge using Papa's battery charger. The dial on the machine wobbled, but only slightly, but Papa insists that that this doesn't mean the battery is exhausted. I expected more visible evidence of the existence of life.

Thick frost tonight. We watched a poor thriller starring Judy Geeson. To bed at about 10.

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