William Monk, Diary 1917 of an allotment run by Clayton-le-Moors Working Mens Club, item 20

• November 1, 2017 18:19:52 Thomas A. Lingner

   Left page: blank 

   Right page: 

  
  

  1917.

  17

  April + May.
  

  
  

  after continuous labor every night

  weekends + holidays, we at last

  finished the setting of potatoes

  on Saturday May 19th 1917.

  "Thank Heavens" what a task.

  Talk about our children asking

  father what he did in

  the great war, when he is just

  having his tater pie. There

  comes before him a vision of

  twisted sods, dibblers, and

  emaciated seed potatoes before

  his eyes when he is aroused by

  mother asking, does he want

  any more taters.

  
  

  
  

• March 3, 2017 05:31:27 S. J. Adams

  1917.

  17

  April + May.
  

  
  

  after continuous labor every night

  weekends + holidays, we at last

  finished the setting of potatoes

  on Saturday May 19th 1917.

  "Thank Heavens" what a task.

  Talk about our children ask-

  ing father what he did in

  the great war, when he is just

  having his tater pie. There

  comes before him a vision of

  twisted sods, dibblers, and

  emaciated seed potatoes before

  his eyes when he is aroused by

  mother asking, does he want

  any more taters.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  • Show revision
  • Compare to current version
  • Compare to previous version

Description