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Part 212: 21st April 1967, 4 p.m.

55 to-day. Depression. Neareing the end of the journey. What will I be liked if I’m spared to 65, 75 – 85? If only one could look back on a life well spent. Say I will go on a diet after Pesach, but I suppose I will continue to over-eat, under-exercise, fill every minute with ten seconds’ worth of distance run. Bad example for children. E. toils, goes to bed later than me, but is up to see the…

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Part 186: Wednesday, 13th April 1966, 9.40pm

Sam 60 to-day. He celebrated by going to the Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital to check whether he had polyps in his nose. I went with him, getting up at 7.30 am to do so, and schlepping Maxie with me to Ambrose Avenue, where Mum had been staying over Pesach. The doctor said Sam didn’t have polyps, but that he was allergic to colds, and that the Hospital doctor was prescribing a course of treatment…

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Part 173: Sunday, 3rd October 1965, 4.45 p.m.

Sam had a “slight heart attack” over Rosh Hashana and is now in hospital. He has to rest four weeks in hospital and three weeks at home. He is taking it well and Lily is holding the S.W.H.L. [ Sam Witriol (Handbags) Limited]. fort. He agrees he will now have to turn in the County Hall job. I have been reading the Riot Act to Mum, saying I didn’t want to have to say Kaddish for Sam before I had…

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Part 172: Sunday, 26th September 1965, 3.40 p.m.

Erev Rosh Hashana. Raymond Winegarten died. Once more Sam did all the maching, including waching [?], involved. Raymond’s death tragic, he was only 45, I believe… I was told at the funeral that he had said he had only two years to live…I believe he was genuinely good-hearted, and he certainly showed courage in the face of the knowledge of what was soon to happen. We, touch wood, are all well. E.…

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Part 156: Monday, 22nd March,8.0 a.m. - sic!

Part 156: Monday, 22nd March,8.0 a.m. – sic!

Unusual for me to be up,washed & dressed on a workday morning – more unusually, all the children are asleep. I always have a nagging feeling that I must record the fleeting moment, but when eventually I do get the chance to write something her, can think of nothing to say. While I remember, Sam [brother] got a “recognition award” of £50 from the L.C.C. for good service. Fantastic – from the way…

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Part 151: 21st December 1964, 8.15 p.m.

Part 151: 21st December 1964, 8.15 p.m. Friern Barnet school pressures.

Monday, first day of holiday. “Aunty Olive” has just come in, bearing gifts for the children, and will try to write this before supper. Yes, school [Friern Barnet County School] is tough. Perhaps, with reasonable luck, it may be viable next year. Next term will be the cruellest term: long, only twp (three?) days mid-term, exams, which I shall have to try to write or type out myself. In addition…

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Part 150: 15th November 1964, 11.10 p.m.

Tough Fourth...

No time to make an entry, really. Waiting for Sam [brother] to come, when I will do book-keeping. Want to find an hour or two later to enter up remaining lesson notes for rest of term – will be a job out of the way. School is very,very tough, though a few lessons – first year aand, to a lesser extent, second year French – are delightful, and 3A are passable – and the Fifth. But the five double…

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Part 131: Sunday 2nd February 1964, 9.00 p.m.

Part 131: Sunday 2nd February 1964, 9.00 p.m.

Edith is writing a thank you letter to Rosalind for a parcel of clothing for Susannah which Rosalind sent. I’m taking the opportunity to make a brief entry, and we shall then adjourn to the lounge. All we live for is to get the kids bedded down, and then peace – but should any of you ever see this, “kids”, make no mistake, we love you and you are lovable. Edith has heavy cold. She ought to have a…

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