MARION SAMBOURNE’S DIARY 1882 - 1914 1882 Jan 1882 Sunday 1 January 1882 Sausages. Bacon. Mrs Paxton called, lent Maud book. Ada SJ, Sp & baby called. Took Maud & Baby for walk. Had rather a time with B. Met Mother & Mervyn. Dined at Bernand’s. V. jolly dinner. F.Wilson, Mr ///, Mrs Hall & Mr & Miss Hollingshead. All children down to dinner. Had carriage. Monday 2 January 2 Went out with Maud. Met Mrs O’s mother. My cold better, Lin’s beginning. Mother & Con came in evg to tea. Papa seedy. Tuesday 3 January Took Maud for walk. Mrs S with us. Mrs S took Maud long walk. Went with Mother to Mde Boquet’s & stores. Wednesday 4 January. Bacon. Took Maud to Mother’s to spend day, gave her lovely baby doll. Lin’s cold dreadful. Lin dined at Punch dinner. Sat Mother’s, no company. Nellie Humphreys married today. Lovely day, warm. Window cleaner. Thursday 5 January. Bacon. Roast leg mutton, suet pud & treacle, milk do. White soup, corned beef, apple cust. Lovely day & warm. Lin’s cold still bad, raw place painful still. Miss Breffit came. Lin, Maud & self in carriage to Mrs Bradbury’s juvenile party. Burnands, a’Becketts etc there. Maud v. sweet. Good conjuror. Home ½ p 10. Had supper. Friday 6 January. Bacon. Corned beef. Cold mutton, sole, custard apples, milk pud. 3 red mullet, croquettes of beef. R sheep’s heart, spinach, Scotch herring. Wet warm morning. Went & paid books. A Tucker? & brother called. Met Mrs Banting. Mrs Palmer called. Saturday 7 January. Bacon, corned beef, 3 boiled eggs. Roast shoulder mutton, cod head, cauliflower, herring. Lunched with Lin at Rules. Went to see Panorama in Leicester Sqre, splendid pantomime. Mervyn & Mrs S joined us after. Box for Drury Lane. Con came in after dinner. Sunday 8 January. Sausages, corned beef. Roast fowl, cold shoulder mutton, apple tart. Thick soup, red mullet, kidneys & bacon. Roast leg mutton, Cabinet pud, herring. Mr & Mrs Fildes to dinner. Lunched at Mother’s. Ada back. Wet afternoon, lovely morning. Monday 9 January. Bacon, corned beef. Cold leg mutton, milk pud, castle do. Scalloped pork, potato meats? Curried fowl, genoese pastry, cod’s roe. Lovely morg. Walked to Mrs Lord’s sent off advertisement to Daily Telegraph for Cook. Mrs S gone north for calls. Saw Cook ans to advertisement. Maud’s cold v. bad, B better. Con came in morg. Saw father & mother in carriage. X Little friend arrived before breakfast 3 days too soon. Tuesday 10 January.
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