Item 1912 - Frederick Brittain's Diary, 1912

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JCPP/Brittain/1/1912

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Frederick Brittain's Diary, 1912

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  • 1912 (Creation)

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1 volume, paper

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Brittain, Frederick (1893-1969), Fellow and Keeper of Records of Jesus College
(1893 - 1969)

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At the start of the diary is a scale relating to the weather ranging from +3 to -3. (+3 is splendid, 0 is neutral, -3 is very bad). An appropriate figure is then assigned to each day throughout the diary for this year and some subsequent years.

Gives details of school events he attended such as the school play and sports day. Also what he did in the rest of his time including cycling, walking, visiting friends, reading and attending church services.Contains a few loose notes highlighting certain dairy entries in another hand [Muriel Brittain's].

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