Identity area
Reference code
JCPP/Brittain/1/1965
Title
Frederick Brittain's Diary, 1965
Date(s)
- 1st January 1965 - 31st December 1965 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 volume, paper
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
On the first two pages is a list of the books read during the year.
Entries cover the weather, his health, his social life, Rooster meetings, church services attended and what he was working on.
24th January - Sir Winston Churchill died.
30th January - Watched Sir Winston Churchill's funeral on television. It was 'magnificently done'.
17th July - Official opening of new North Court with speeches by the Master and the Bishop of Ely.
5th - 9th October - Sat for his portrait by William Narraway.