SATURDAY 21st JANUARY

To Oakamoor and Alton with Payne and trap to be 4/-.

Saw Mr George H. Elam Schoolmaster, Oakamoor and he said Room would be 3/-. He will distribute school tickets. He said best time for Oakamoor would be 7 for 7:30.

Then went to Alton and saw Mr George Beech, Schoolmaster, he will see to school tickets, but says they are building a new room at Alton, best wait for he(?) does not know hire(?) of it. Mr Beech will write me when the room is ready.

Called on George Charlesworth coming home. He says I had better secure Mr Rabone (T.H.) and also Charles Bill Esq Farley Hall, a great friend of Mr. S. Allen would probably come and take the chair.

2 comments:

  1. Kate9 June 2010 at 15:35

    I descend from the Bills of Farley Hall,though I've only been to England once and don't know a great deal about them.

    This is a great service to local historians and your g.grandfather - putting this diary online.

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  2. greatGrandson10 June 2010 at 08:24

    Thanks for that nice comment Kate.

    I think that John would have loved to have had his diary published but he never could have guessed, even in his wildest dreams, that it would be on the Internet in 2010.

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