Tuesday
Rather late this morning. Fine and cold, hard white frost, fog in the
valleys, trees black outlined in white.
A great swarm of rooks flying off from Gunhill.
Just over the Borough Boundary, a
badly smashed car by the roadside, with its lights burning, apparently been
there all night.
Received the bill for Mother’s
funeral - £20-5-0. Quite a lot of
money. This includes the burial fee.
Saw Ella this morning, as bossy
and aggressive as ever. Find that she
has taken over all Mother’s clothes. I
was furious. Went to Rallings to tea but
said nothing about it to Father.
Very cloudy all day, and had
hopes it would be a filthy night, but by the time I reached Birchwood the stars
were glittering, and a ruddy smear to the east showed where the moon would
rise. However, no planes about.
Went up to the Pentons’ at Lark
Hall, Holton, and had supper there. The
house is delightful, full of lovely things.
Looked right through Jack Penton’s book [John Penton was an artist and book illustrator].
The eerie magic of the pictures is astonishing. They gave me some milk to take away, as I
have had none since Friday.
About 9, the Raydon Salvation
Army Band came along playing old carols in the frosty night. It made me think of Mother, who always loved
to hear carols.
Got back to Higham about 11.
Cloudy again. Annoyed and alarmed to
find the light working again, first time for about a month. Even more annoyed to find that Jacquie had
dismantled the oil stove, so that I was unable to make a hot drink.
2 comments:
Catherine
The funeral of Rudsdale's mother would be the equivalent of £781.91 today. So not much of a change over the years.
Mike Dennis
Thank you Mike, I hoped you would be able to provide this information for us. The proportional cost stays the same despite being 70 years later. It makes an interesting comparison. Thanks and best wishes, CP
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