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Alice. 12th - 18th June, 1921
14th - up at 6am. Played tennis at park until until 8.30am. Feel ill. Must work. Saw Elsie. Gladys has scarlet fever. To Endeavour. Spoke...
Vincent and Alice Sykes
Jun 12, 20211 min read
Vincent. June 8th - 11th, 1921.
8th - Wednesday night. Met Alice as usual. Rained of course but quite a good time until coming home. Suggested pictures on Friday night...
Vincent and Alice Sykes
Jun 8, 20211 min read
Alice. June 5th - 11th, 1921
5th - Kate and I stayed home and made jellies. 8th - at last! Cold grey day. Met Vince at 7 - down Walworth Lane. Through wood into...
Vincent and Alice Sykes
Jun 5, 20211 min read
Vincent. May 29th - June 5th, 1921.
29th - Sunday. Mr.Jones - principal ? in ? Spent the day with Mr. Leng at Greenbank at night. Went to the park with RP and A & K. Get A...
Vincent and Alice Sykes
May 29, 20211 min read
Alice. May 29th - June 4th, 1921
30th - Gooch has gone. Am working hard. Stayed in all evening sewed and learnt to machine. Read 'Autocrat at breakfast table'. To bed at...
Vincent and Alice Sykes
May 29, 20211 min read
Vincent. May 24th - 28th, 1921.
24th, 25th, 26th, 27th - too busy at the office to think about anything else. Working nights. 28th - Saturday. Met Alice at 7. Both very...
Vincent and Alice Sykes
May 25, 20211 min read
Vincent. May 21st - 23rd, 1921.
21st - unusual Saturday. Went to Sunderland with the family to see matinee performance of Faust with Mr Jones playing Valentine. Rstger...
Vincent and Alice Sykes
May 24, 20211 min read
Vincent. May 17th - 20th, 1921
17th - Whit Tuesday holiday. Left 9.30am in the car with Father, Mother, Elsie, Mr and Mrs JW Heslop to get to the lakes thro Middleton...
Vincent and Alice Sykes
May 23, 20211 min read
Vincent. May 15th - 16th, 1921.
15th - Went down to park with Poppy in afternoon and with the three girls at night. Walked home with A and K. Shadow of Monday. 16th -...
Vincent and Alice Sykes
May 23, 20211 min read
Alice. 22nd - 28th May, 1921.
"I have a great desire to read at Wisdoms fount to drink. Of the rich food I long to feed, I stand wondering on the brink". 28th -...
Vincent and Alice Sykes
May 22, 20211 min read
Alice. 15th - 21st May, 1921.
Bright morn. Kate and father and I to chapel. SS in afternoon. Chapel at night. To park to listen to band. Home with V. 'When old...
Vincent and Alice Sykes
May 15, 20211 min read
Vincent. 12th - 14th May, 1921.
12th - Went over to Bp. A on motorbike. 13th - Went over to Catterick on bike - got on fine. 14th - Saturday night. Poured down. However...
Vincent and Alice Sykes
May 12, 20211 min read
Vincent. 8th - 11th May, 1921
8th - went to the park in the evening with tge usual party. Get A and K home. What a chaffing about last night. But we really will have...
Vincent and Alice Sykes
May 12, 20211 min read
Vincent. 5th - 7th May, 1921
4th (cont.) - ...tonight - Staindrop Lane - near Thornton Hall...? - rained coming home. 5th and 6th - Stayed in house with bad cold....
Vincent and Alice Sykes
May 10, 20211 min read
Alice. 8th - 14th May, 1921
9th - Vincent birthday. Bought V a blue crepe de chine handkerchief. "Best Wishes Vince". Stayed at home all evening and sewed pink...
Vincent and Alice Sykes
May 8, 20211 min read
Vincent. May 1st - 4th, 1921.
1st - had a beautiful ride to Scarboro via Whitby. Dr.Ross and family and all ourselves. Lunch on moors between Whitby and Scarboro -...
Vincent and Alice Sykes
May 4, 20211 min read
Alice. 1st - 7th May, 1921.
1st - shining sunday morning. Stayed at home and dusted and made 2 jellies. Calm peaceful afternoon. 2nd - wonder what sort of men opened...
Vincent and Alice Sykes
May 1, 20211 min read
Vincent. 29th, 30th April, 1921.
29th - from KF to Bedale, tried to carry Norman courier but had an accident. Cut up a bit but bike alright. 30th - Saturday again. Usual...
Vincent and Alice Sykes
May 1, 20211 min read
Vincent. 26th, 27th April, 1921.
26th - went to F Hill and Bp. A on motor bike. Stuck on West Auckland road coming back. Landed home just on lighting up time. Choked...
Vincent and Alice Sykes
Apr 27, 20211 min read
Vincent. 23rd - 25th April, 1921.
23rd - met Alice as usual. Rather ? time. Told her about Edith S. Awfully annoyed. She's very sensitive. Wish I hadn't told her as she's...
Vincent and Alice Sykes
Apr 25, 20211 min read
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