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16 May 1982
Sun May XVI Lisa’s birthday. Up at 7.20 – not too bad I suppose. Everyone knows that teenagers like to sleep. I never thought that I was particularly like that until I came across this particular entry. Either I was … Continue reading
Posted in 1982 Diary, Family, Happy Things, New Zealand
Tagged Birthday, Lisa, McDonald's, Paper Round, Sleep, Teenager
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15 May 1982
Sat May XV PARTY – aargg!!!! Stayed in my room watching Sport on One There are upsides and downsides to having two sisters. One of the downsides is that birthdays tend to result in your house being filled with – … Continue reading
Posted in 1982 Diary, Family, New Zealand
Tagged Birthday, Karen, Lisa, Rossgrove Youth Group, Sport On One, Swimming
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14 May 1982
Fri May XIV Went to St L’s in the pouring rain to replenish stox for the PARTY tomorrow This is one of the more curious entries in the diary. The handwriting is appalling, even by my standards. To hazard a … Continue reading
13 May 1982
Thur May XIII Lisa went to the zoo. Played Ulcers and actually won, so the ‘jinx’ is broken. The biggest question going through my mind is just how many times we must’ve played Ulcers for me to think that I … Continue reading
12 May 1982
Wed May XII Took Karen to R.T.S. and when I fetched her back I got invited to join in a game of HIT THE DECK with them. Decided to join the youth group and am going Swimming with them on … Continue reading
Posted in 1982 Diary, Family, New Zealand
Tagged Auckland, Hit the Deck, Karen, Rossgrove Team Scene, Rossgrove Youth Group
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11 May 1982
Tue May XI The Proverbial Guides’ do? They took over 1 hr on the Treasure hunt, and even then we had to stop them for tea. And we got some very interesting spellings of ‘caravan’. It took me until quite … Continue reading
Posted in New Zealand, Family, 1982 Diary
Tagged Auckland, Girl Guides, Handwriting, Spelling, Punctuation, Career
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10 May 1982
Mon May X Went to St L’s. Arranged a Treasure hunt for Karens Guides ‘do‘ tomorrow. Treasure hunts seem to be one of those things that have gone completely out of fashion, but for a time they seemed to be … Continue reading
Posted in 1982 Diary, Family, Girls, New Zealand
Tagged Dad, Girl Guides, Karen, Mum, Treasure Hunt
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9 May 1982
Sun May IX Karen returned. The Thermostat on the water heater went, and the electrician had to come. Lisa and Kevin being right h o r r o r s. Note the very deliberate spacing of the final word. I … Continue reading
Posted in 1982 Diary, Bad Things, Family, New Zealand
Tagged Hot Water, Karen, Kevin, Lisa, Shower, Singing, Thermostat
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8 May 1982
Sat May VIII Went caving with the Gaulds. The first cave was a wash-out, but the second was great. You had to crawl through a narrow slit to get into the main chamber and then there were lots of little … Continue reading
Posted in 1982 Diary, Family, Happy Things, New Zealand
Tagged Auckland, Caving, Dad
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7 May 1982
Fri May VII Last day of term. Got out at 1.30. I suppose its been alright, despite the disaster with cricket, but I made the school soccer team which I’ve never done before and P3 W1 D1 L1 F3 A4 … Continue reading
Posted in 1982 Diary, New Zealand, School, Sport
Tagged Cricket, Football, Mount Albert Grammar School, North Leamington School, Soccer
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