Diary Entries by Nellie Smith 1906

Transcript of Nellie Smith’s diary entries from 1906 containing day to day events.

Notable entries:
Jan 12 Fri. ‘The General Election started.’
Jan 14 Sun. ‘Mr Balfour knocked out.’
April 24. ‘At last I’ve got my cycle and I did not half fancy myself going down the road with H. ‘
April 27 Sun. ‘… biked to Hanslope … coming down a hill ran into some spiked railings and nearly done for myself but I got on and went to Lathbury.’
May 28 Mon. ‘5.30 Two little children in river one drowned.’
Sep 21 Fri. ‘The market on fire H. and I cycled to see it, crowds there, arrived home at midnight.’
Oct 24 Wed. ‘Sanger’s Circus came here. H. surprised me and came over, nearly died laughing sat by Mrs Millard.’
Dec 26 Wed. ‘We have got the old-fashioned Xmas once again, snow deep.’