| Description | Mostly brief daily entries [inconsistent]. Includes frequent references to religious services and meetings, reading, weather, the Boer War, going for walks and visiting family and friends.
Includes reference to: domestic fire incident [31 Jan]; starting singing lessons [3 Feb]; ice-skating [9, 12, 13 Feb]; news of the war, including the siege of Kimberley [16 Feb]; decision to share rooms with Mr Tipple [24 Feb]; his 21st birthday [25 Feb]; Mr Wright's new studio [28 Feb]; fire at public house on street [28 Feb]; news of the Relief of Ladysmith and public reaction [1 Mar]; buying an autograph book [10 Mar, see CR4453/11]; April fool joke [1 Apr]; news of the attempted shooting of the Prince of Wales in Brussels [4 Apr]; decision to leave Wright's business and saying goodbyes [12, 14, 21-23 Apr]; visit to Norwich [16 Apr]; return home [23 Apr]; helping Charley get into his new business in Kettering [30 Apr]; cycling to Brixworth [2 May]; moving negatives from Broadway to Charley's new place then cycling to Wellingborough and Rushdon [4 May]; visiting Kirby Hall, Rockingham and Gull [Gulliver]'s studio in Market Harborough [6 May]; cycling to Finedon and seeing fountain [8 May]; returning home and having tooth out, trying 'the gas' [11 May]; looking after Clare's business [12 May-3 Jun]; meeting Gull in Leicester and looking round [13 May]; rumours, news and celebrations for the relief of Mafeking [17-19 May]; visiting Redditch and Harry's place [20 May]; celebrations for the Queen's birthday in Coventry and burning [an effigy of] Kruger in Abbey Street, Nuneaton [24 May]; seeing partial eclipse of the sun, taking two negatives of same [28 May]; having a 'picnic on the Roman Encampment' at Brinklow [4 Jun]; visiting Coventry, Tamworth, Kidderminster and Wellingborough with view of starting up own business, eventually deciding against locations [6, 13, 20, 24, 26 Jun]; helping Charley move into new place [18 Jun]; helping Charley photograph interior of boot factory [22 Jun]; going to work for Mr Varney of Market Place, Lichfield [6-7 Jul]; going to service at cathedral [8 Jul]; attempting to shave self [14 Jul]; going to photograph house at Gentleshaw [28 Jul]; assassination of King Humbert of Italy [31 Jul]; Charley's illness and going to look after his business, with special reference to making a telephone call [2-4 Aug]; and bank holiday fishing at [Stanford?] [6 Aug]. |