Alice. Dec 25th - 31st, 1921.
'Ring down the curtains. The tale is told. Closed are the eyes of '21. What will another year unfold. With hearts a glow we'll go...
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Vincent and Alice Sykes
- Dec 18, 2021
- 1 min
Alice. Dec 18th - 24th, 1921.
'Into the cold crisp Christmas air. The happy carols rang. Came Christmas thoughts all pure and fair. And my heart with gladness sang.'
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Vincent and Alice Sykes
- Dec 11, 2021
- 1 min
Alice. Dec 11th - 17th, 1921.
'How like the weather our nature ? Now blowing east now changed to west. The clouds look black. The tempest ? Then suddenly comes calm...
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Vincent and Alice Sykes
- Dec 4, 2021
- 1 min
Alice. Dec 4th - 10th 1921.
'Oh! Hills so big and grand and high. Oh! Rivers splashing along your stony way. Oh! Moon majestic in the starlit sky. Gods songs that...
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Vincent and Alice Sykes
- Nov 27, 2021
- 1 min
Alice. Nov 27th - Dec 3rd, 1921.
'All cold and crisp the evening air. As we sped through the lanes and byways. And kindly village souls welcomed us there. On their...
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Vincent and Alice Sykes
- Nov 20, 2021
- 1 min
Alice. Nov 20th - 26th, 1921.
'We strolled down the town 'mid the lights and the noise. Mid the trams and the shops and the carts and the cars. There were girls all...
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Vincent and Alice Sykes
- Nov 13, 2021
- 1 min
Alice. Nov 13th - 19th, 1921.
'Away from home the livelong day Oh! Lonely and strange it has been. Oh weekends do not fly away. You come like an oasis fresh and green.'
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Vincent and Alice Sykes
- Nov 7, 2021
- 1 min
Alice. Nov 6th - 12th, 1921.
'We laughed and sang and joked all night. And then we sauntered home. But I missed our stroll neath the glad moonlight. I missed our...
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Vincent and Alice Sykes
- Oct 31, 2021
- 1 min
Alice. Oct 30th - Nov 5th ,1921.
"We listened to the story of far off days. When we were babes and mother was young. On that happy young home stood to gage. And I hear...
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Vincent and Alice Sykes
- Oct 23, 2021
- 1 min
Alice. Oct 23rd - 29th, 1921
"Into the quietness again we wandered. Away from the glitter and glare. On and on we just meandered. Oh glad was I to be there".
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Vincent and Alice Sykes
- Oct 23, 2021
- 1 min
Vincent. Oct 23rd, 1921
23rd - saw Alices face this morning which showed what had happened since Thursday with her. Worse than ever. Interminable afternoon. Will...
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Vincent and Alice Sykes
- Oct 21, 2021
- 1 min
Vincent. Oct 21st, 22nd, 1921
21st - rather a rotten day. Went to see Foogoods at 11. Heard Alice go out about 11.50. Johnson very cool. Went to pictures at night....
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Vincent and Alice Sykes
- Oct 20, 2021
- 1 min
Vincent. Oct 20th, 1921
20th - up to see Mr.Page 3pm. Met Alice 5.10 and talked to her til 5.30. Arranged to see her at 7. Met her and had a walk for an hour....
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Vincent and Alice Sykes
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
Vincent. Oct 18th - 19th,1921.
18th - arranged to go and see Iolanthe at Shildon. Met Alice on the 7 train and met a lady at the station who took us down to the place....
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Vincent and Alice Sykes
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
Alice. Oct 16th - 22nd, 1921.
"Clouds and cold and wind and rain. Nature is weeping and wailing. And my heart is singing a mournful strain. It echoes the tumult...
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Vincent and Alice Sykes
- Oct 16, 2021
- 1 min
Vincent. Oct 16th - 17th ,1921
16th - father and mother leave gor London 8.30am. To chapel in the morning. Afternoon Alice came down - walk in the park & she came in...
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Vincent and Alice Sykes
- Oct 11, 2021
- 1 min
Vincent. Oct 10th - 15th,1921
10th - met Alice accidentally at 5pm. Not working back so we went to the Hip...walk home talk re. Charlie. Alice wants to know if I mind...
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Vincent and Alice Sykes
- Oct 10, 2021
- 1 min
Alice. Oct 9th - 15th, 1921.
"A wide expanse of star lit sky. A haystack and the good old moon. A scramble o'er the hedge that was too high. A night that passed alas...
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Vincent and Alice Sykes
- Oct 5, 2021
- 0 min
Vincent. Oct 5th - 9th,1921.
5th - met Alice as usual. Both had colds so decided to be in early. Up West Auckland Road till 9 then slow walk home. Grand time after...
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Vincent and Alice Sykes
- Oct 2, 2021
- 1 min
Alice. Oct 2nd - 8th, 1921.
'We heard the rustling in the trees and with a sigh a tired leaf would fall. We heard the murmering of the breeze and now and then a bird...
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