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Saturday 16 August 1986
…More BBC stuff this morning. On Thursday I’d got a catalogue of BBC clothes, pens, badges etc. of which I’ve ordered things. Today I got a catalogue of wallcharts and a timetable. This afternoon we...
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Monday 18 August 1986
…Made some coconut squares this afternoon. Did a map of the real layout of the London Underground. Started one on London itself… I’d forgotten how obsessed with London I was during the summer of 1986....
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Tuesday 19 August 1986
…Got a new Thompson’s Local Directory today… Stop that giggling at the back.
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Wednesday 20 August 1986
…Went into town this morning with Mum. Saw thousands of people I knew. Well, not exactly a thousand, about two. Later I made a wire collar and lead for a dog so me and [my sister] now have invisible...
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Friday 22 August 1986
…Watched TV this morning. Helped Mum make a cherry cake and a chocolate mousse. Again we went swimming this afternoon. Watched Your Mother Wouldn’t Like It. It’s a programme that takes the mickey out...
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Sunday 24 August 1986
…This is the last entry in this diary because it’s the start of the academic year tomorrow. Did you know I have now been keeping a diary for nearly a year… It was time to put aside the slim, pink …...
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Monday 25 August 1986 (Bank Holiday)
…Got wet at the City of Leicester Show in Abbey Park. It poured with rain, but nevertheless I got loads of Radio Leicester stuff. I also saw some presenters, including Tony Wadsworth. [Later that day]...
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Tuesday 26 August 1986
…This morning I had to practice my piano pieces because I have my first lesson [after the summer] in a fortnight’s time. Today was a typical British day. Rain, rain, rain, rain and even more rain,...
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Wednesday 27 August 1986
…I nearly died today. Me and [my sister] bought some rope with our own money and we tied it to a tree to climb up it. There is a ledge halfway up and I climbed up halfway and while I … Continue reading →
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Sunday 31 August 1986
…Decided to sort all my books into alphabetical order which took ages and ages and ages but it all turned out all right in the end. Watched 45 minutes of the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only… This...
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