| Description | Entries brief and infrequent, mainly referring to visiting various places, cycling and going home for Xmas.
Refers to: going to the baths in Droitwich, visiting Worcester, Malvern, Evesham, Broadway and Stratford [10-12 Jun 1905]; general election [15 Jan 1906]; visiting Drayton Manor (home of Sir Robert Peel) [15 Apr]; visiting London [16 Apr]; tour of Derbyshire in a motor car with Mr Wodhams, including visits to Chatsworth and Haddon Hall [3-4 Jun]; detailed description of Warwick Pageant [5 Jul]; visiting Ilfracombe [3-9 Aug] and seeing the 'stranded warship Montague' on Lundy Island [6 Aug]; attending performance at the Birmingham Triennial Musical Festival [5 Oct]; brother Charley's engagement [20 Oct]; attending Borough Ball in new Town Hall [7 Nov]; visit to Llandudno, including visit to Conway Castle and the [Menai] Bridge [30 Mar-2 Apr 1907]; visit to Rhyl with Mr Wodhams in his motor car and back via Chester [19-20 May]; marriage of Charley and Florrie [Florence] Collings, visiting his new house next to the studio [16 Jul]; growth of companies in Sutton [20 Jan 1908]; moving on to new premises on the Parade [27 Mar]; King and Queen's visit to Birmingham to open the new university buildings [7 Jul]; cycling trip round Gloucester, Chepstow, Tintern, Monmouth, Hereford and Worcester [1-4 Aug]; Budget League and Balfours meetings at Bingley Hall, referring to [Herbert Henry] Asquith's speech and the actions of the suffragettes [17-22 Sep]; cycling trip in Derbyshire [27-28 Mar 1910]; aeroplane flights of Grahame White and Paulhan from London to Manchester [23-28 Apr]; death of Edward VII [6 May] and funeral [20 May]; cycle trip to Bridgnorth, Ludlow and Tenbury [15-16 May]; boating picnic on the Stratford and Avon Canal [20 May]; and having a fortnight's holiday in Switzerland, staying at Lucerne and Interlaken, with reference to 'Cooks people' staying at Hotel Beau-Lite [26 Jun-11 Jul 1914]. |