Josiah Jackson's diaries 1882-1904: index and snippets

boys

Date Snippet
Tue 2 May 1882

B. John Mary Ann Batch brought boys clothes.
Ann (26), Batch (7), boys (105), brought (899), clothes (45), John (2874), Mary (198)
Wed 17 May 1882

Pollie today Paid Boys school pence.
boys (105), paid (1944), pence (6), Pollie (197), school (673), today (1127)
Tue 23 May 1882

Boys bought Messi* Walker send Hay.
bought (1410), boys (105), hay (1122), Messi (2), send (792), Walker (14)
Mon 20 Nov 1882

Boys wrote Motcombe tomorrow.
boys (105), Motcombe (74), tomorrow (666), Wrote (2470)
Fri 1 Jun 1883

Paid Mr Tom Jones clothes Boys.
boys (105), clothes (45), Jones (1185), paid (1944), Tom (2187)
Mon 2 Jul 1883

Frank mowing, boys , Louie.
boys (105), Frank (462), Louie (713), Mowing (493)
Thu 13 Dec 1883

Boys morning.
boys (105), morning (1314)
Tue 1 Jan 1884

Boys school morning.
boys (105), morning (1314), school (673)
Tue 15 Jan 1884

Miss Haines St Nellie gave Recitations, Mr F. Whites Boys.
boys (105), Gave (523), Haines (14), Miss (918), Nellie (591), Recitations (2), Whites (21)
Fri 23 Apr 1886

Boys Church.
boys (105), church (99)
Wed 7 Jul 1886

Men Boys B. House Hay Hauling.
boys (105), hauling (1627), hay (1122), House (1200), Men (1554)
Sat 7 Aug 1886

, boys, Horses RHouse hay hauling drove evening .
boys (105), drove (356), evening (828), hauling (1627), hay (1122), horses (243), RHouse (11)
Mon 30 Aug 1886

Boys diging Potatoes.
boys (105), diging (24), potatoes (144)
Thu 9 Sep 1886

Men boys dung hauling.
boys (105), Dung (719), hauling (1627), Men (1554)
Sat 8 Dec 1888

Mr Tom Jones sent top coats Boys .
boys (105), coats (2), Jones (1185), sent (4043), Tom (2187), top (281)
Fri 15 Nov 1889

Sent J. Rex Horses mowing machine grass Abby field Grammar School Boys.
Abby (4), boys (105), Field (181), Grammar (4), grass (196), horses (243), Machine (183), Mowing (493), Rex (2123), school (673), sent (4043)
Fri 29 Nov 1889

Boys heard Mr W. Raymond recite Barnes Dorset Poet Mr Stroud sent half pig.
Barnes (194), boys (105), Dorset (26), half (161), heard (404), Pig (164), Poet (4), Raymond (6), recite (3), sent (4043), Stroud (1409)
Tue 29 Apr 1890

J. Rex mowed machine Cricket Pitch Grammer School Boys.
boys (105), Cricket (48), Grammer (6), Machine (183), mowed (11), Pitch (17), Rex (2123), school (673)
Thu 15 May 1890

Reed Letter Mr D. E. Norton asking Hyde Cricket ground His Grammer School Boys.
asking (671), boys (105), Cricket (48), Grammer (6), Ground (382), His (51), Hyde (177), Letter (162), Norton (56), Reed (3327), school (673)
Sat 24 May 1890

Rex mowed Cricket ground Grammer School Boys morning.
boys (105), Cricket (48), Grammer (6), Ground (382), morning (1314), mowed (11), Rex (2123), school (673)
Sat 30 Aug 1890

Hay Rick caught fire mary mead o'clock P. M. Tom boys Town helped fire .
boys (105), caught (29), fire (79), fire (79), hay (1122), helped (265), Mary (198), mead (126), o'clock (183), Rick (353), Tom (2187), Town (532)
Thu 11 Dec 1890

Boys caught Rats morning.
boys (105), caught (29), morning (1314), rats (8)
Wed 7 Jan 1891

Mr Phillips Frome rode Boys (Victor Stanley) B. House, drove Mr Amor's .
Amor (227), boys (105), drove (356), Frome (614), House (1200), Phillips (10), Rode (216), Stanley (703), Victor (1058)
Sat 19 Sep 1891

Victor Trade School tried Scholarship boys.
boys (105), scholarship (18), school (673), Trade (97), tried (12), Victor (1058)
Wed 11 Nov 1891

The wind blew Trees St broke limbs others blew Window Boys Rooms.
blew (20), blew (20), boys (105), broke (60), limbs (3), others (707), Rooms (66), The (347), trees (115), Wind (58), Window (16)
Tue 7 Jun 1892

boys fetched Heifers Hill Bay Close fat Gave calves Cake, since lost Quarter Evil.
bay (137), boys (105), cake (715), calves (455), Close (114), evil (15), fat (530), Fetched (69), Gave (523), heifers (325), Hill (955), lost (58), Quarter (27), since (21)
Wed 24 Aug 1892

Mr Stroud asked buy Bays Boys throughs A
Asked (386), Bays (1), boys (105), buy (91), Stroud (1409), throughs (1)
Mon 19 Dec 1892

Louie Concert boys Wesleyan Chapel.
boys (105), Chapel (342), concert (49), Louie (713), Wesleyan (212)
Thu 23 Feb 1893

Mr Knight brought bigest boys assist Mr IJones sent tons cwt Pollards.
assist (1), bigest (1), boys (105), brought (899), cwt (322), IJones (10), Knight (122), Pollards (225), sent (4043), tons (300)
Sat 29 Apr 1893

boys examined Plane Solid geometry.
boys (105), Examined (20), geometry (1), Plane (1), Solid (2)
Mon 8 May 1893

Mr Knight Mr M. Raikes Boys crossing field.
boys (105), crossing (8), Field (181), Knight (122), Raikes (19)
Sat 26 Aug 1893

met Mr Norton Hyde agreed agreed Hyde yards yards wide (The ground fenced ), Sep Dec ; King school Boys Football thereon sum Five Pounds (?.
agreed (1355), agreed (1355), boys (105), Dec (78), fenced (34), Five (19), Football (36), Ground (382), Hyde (177), Hyde (177), King (53), met (393), Norton (56), Pounds (45), school (673), Sep (42), sum (23), The (347), thereon (15), wide (7), yards (13), yards (13)
Sat 14 Oct 1893

Reed report Boys Progress Mr Knight
boys (105), progress (3), Reed (3327), report (32)
Tue 16 Jan 1894

Castle Cary Market Boys, Victor, Stanley Edgar Sexeys school Willie miss Skinner's today.
boys (105), Cary (351), Castle (203), Edgar (357), Market (159), Miss (918), school (673), Sexeys (94), Skinner (14), Stanley (703), today (1127), Victor (1058), Willie (383)
Sat 3 Feb 1894

Reed Reports Boys Victor, Stanley Sc Edgar Mr Knight J. Rex Lumber putting Faggot Pile Heap.
boys (105), Edgar (357), faggot (8), heap (58), Knight (122), Lumber (781), Pile (8), putting (152), Reed (3327), Reports (9), Rex (2123), Stanley (703), Victor (1058)
Thu 8 Mar 1894

, A, Boys () miss Fifett Infants school Room heard Mr Beardmore lecture Blunders Bathos British speech.
Bathos (1), Beardmore (7), Blunders (1), boys (105), British (6), Fifett (133), heard (404), Infants (54), lecture (136), Miss (918), room (278), school (673), speech (2)
Mon 23 Apr 1894

Reed note Mr Knight saying boys busy.
boys (105), busy (17), Knight (122), note (199), Reed (3327), saying (947)
Mon 14 May 1894

James Meaden Boys () heifers Shepton Montague Land, Heifers.
boys (105), heifers (325), heifers (325), James (591), Land (140), Meaden (261), Montague (87), Shepton (200)
Fri 15 Jun 1894

Mr Huntley grass field told money asked Mr Knight Boys Sc measured swede.
Asked (386), boys (105), Field (181), grass (196), Huntley (107), Knight (122), measured (67), money (230), Swede (96), told (1155)
Sat 7 Jul 1894

Reed report Boys Sexeys school.
boys (105), Reed (3327), report (32), school (673), Sexeys (94)
Tue 30 Oct 1894

Reed Reports Boys Sexeys Trade school, Mr Sinton saying Wife buried Thursday Wet morning.
boys (105), buried (67), morning (1314), Reed (3327), Reports (9), saying (947), school (673), Sexeys (94), Sinton (158), Thursday (210), Trade (97), wet (231), Wife (151)
Fri 16 Nov 1894

Mr Huntley spoke Boys Post Office .
boys (105), Huntley (107), Office (124), Post (174), Spoke (45)
Sat 12 Jan 1895

LU G. J, , Boys Beast South Town Sc lots fed Hay.
beast (80), boys (105), Fed (11), hay (1122), lots (64), South (357), Town (532)
Sat 26 Jan 1895

Paid Mr Pearce, Boys School Fees.
boys (105), fees (77), paid (1944), Pearce (265), school (673)
Wed 6 Feb 1895

Children, Boys Chapel children service.
boys (105), Chapel (342), Children (136), Children (136), Service (131)
Sat 23 Feb 1895

Boys Cheddar .
boys (105), Cheddar (20)
Fri 31 May 1895

Mr Hoare Mr Goodfellow's order Boys likeness.
boys (105), Goodfellow (35), Hoare (155), likeness (9), order (100)
Mon 15 Jul 1895

A, miss Fifett, Boys Weymouth.
boys (105), Fifett (133), Miss (918), Weymouth (27)
Tue 13 Aug 1895

Boys rode school.
boys (105), Rode (216), school (673)
Thu 15 Aug 1895

Sexeys Trade School Boys Teacher farm.
boys (105), Farm (548), school (673), Sexeys (94), Teacher (6), Trade (97)
Thu 3 Oct 1895

, Boys, Louie Sc Miss Fifett Harvest Home Congregational chapel.
boys (105), Chapel (342), Congregational (18), Fifett (133), Harvest (70), Home (144), Louie (713), Miss (918)
Sun 3 Nov 1895

Rhoda Clifford Dinner St stayed Boys.
boys (105), Clifford (3), dinner (168), Rhoda (61), stayed (239)
Sat 16 Nov 1895

paid Mr Pearce Boys school Fees.
boys (105), fees (77), paid (1944), Pearce (265), school (673)
Wed 6 May 1896

Reed receipt Boys.
boys (105), receipt (518), Reed (3327)
Tue 26 May 1896

paid Mr W. Pearce Boys schools fees.
boys (105), fees (77), paid (1944), Pearce (265), schools (21)
Wed 18 Nov 1896

Wrote told Mr Snowdon missionary meeting Bruham W. C. Dec wrote John Boys Lantern Entertainment Wesleyan Chapel tonight Bank.
Bank (1010), boys (105), Bruham (767), Chapel (342), Dec (78), Entertainment (25), John (2874), Lantern (14), meeting (967), missionary (40), Snowdon (2), told (1155), tonight (250), Wesleyan (212), Wrote (2470), Wrote (2470)
Mon 14 Dec 1896

Reed cheque Mr Norton Hyde Note Mr W. Pearce asking Boys school Fees.
asking (671), boys (105), cheque (1456), fees (77), Hyde (177), Norton (56), note (199), Pearce (265), Reed (3327), school (673)
Thu 17 Dec 1896

told Sir Henry ? - - allow stones old Cottages Burrowfield Cogley, material stys nearest House pulled walls Ac dairy Pig Styes, case Aitic Floors Lath Plaster ceilings , divide Boys bedroom matchboarding gain workmanlike manner, styes covered corrugated Iron.
Aitic (1), allow (44), Bedroom (15), boys (105), Burrowfield (217), Case (53), ceilings (1), Cogley (324), corrugated (5), cottages (32), covered (15), dairy (225), divide (3), Floors (10), gain (7), Henry (311), House (1200), iron (64), Lath (1), manner (7), matchboarding (1), material (9), nearest (5), old (289), Pig (164), Plaster (1), pulled (10), Sir (230), stones (170), Styes (8), Styes (8), stys (3), told (1155), walls (30), workmanlike (1)
Thu 24 Dec 1896

Ernest Mrs Penny Iron Bedstead Wyke Elt pig Boys broke Sexeys Trade school today.
bedstead (8), boys (105), broke (60), Elt (17), Ernest (94), iron (64), Mrs (1554), Penny (55), Pig (164), school (673), Sexeys (94), today (1127), Trade (97), Wyke (39)
Fri 25 Dec 1896

reed cards Sc School (Sexeys Trade) reports Mr Knight Boys.
boys (105), cards (64), Knight (122), Reed (3327), Reports (9), school (673), Sexeys (94), Trade (97)
Thu 31 Dec 1896

wrote Tom, , Boys Louie Poultry Lecture (Mr Snell) Lecture.
boys (105), lecture (136), lecture (136), Louie (713), Poultry (32), Snell (11), Tom (2187), Wrote (2470)
Sat 2 Jan 1897

sent cheques Mr Pearce Boys school fees Mr AAshford Apples.
AAshford (1), apples (56), boys (105), Cheques (97), fees (77), Pearce (265), school (673), sent (4043)
Sat 9 Jan 1897

Boys Louie Poultry lecture tonight.
boys (105), lecture (136), Louie (713), Poultry (32), tonight (250)
Thu 14 Jan 1897

Boys Poultry Lectures.
boys (105), Lectures (39), Poultry (32)
Tue 16 Feb 1897

Bruton copy memorial signed sent LG. B. paid Mr Pearce Boys school Fees.
boys (105), Bruton (758), copy (36), fees (77), Memorial (25), paid (1944), Pearce (265), school (673), sent (4043), signed (131)
Fri 9 Apr 1897

Boys broke school Easter holidays.
boys (105), broke (60), Easter (4), holidays (7), school (673)
Tue 20 Apr 1897

Boys, (Stanley, Edgar, Willie) school.
boys (105), Edgar (357), school (673), Stanley (703), Willie (383)
Sat 29 May 1897

Mr T. O. Bennett told yrs old today, wrote sent Photo Boys Jimmy Young, Cheddingstone mill, Kent
Bennett (682), boys (105), Cheddingstone (1), Jimmy (6), Mill (133), old (289), Photo (14), sent (4043), today (1127), told (1155), Wrote (2470), Young (43), yrs (9)
Mon 9 Aug 1897

Boys school today.
boys (105), school (673), today (1127)
Tue 2 Sep 1897

Sports fbr Boys Sexeys Trade school today.
boys (105), fbr (94), school (673), Sexeys (94), sports (10), today (1127), Trade (97)
Tue 14 Sep 1897

Mr Marchment selected spot door wall Road Mr Norton's Boys enter Play football.
boys (105), door (50), enter (14), Football (36), Marchment (1), Norton (56), Play (5), Road (219), selected (7), Spot (9), Wall (186)
Tue 21 Sep 1897

King School Boys Play Football st today.
boys (105), Football (36), King (53), Play (5), school (673), today (1127)
Mon 4 Oct 1897

, A, Boys Harvest Tea Wesleyan Chapel.
boys (105), Chapel (342), Harvest (70), tea (270), Wesleyan (212)
Tue 12 Oct 1897

Reed Victor Reports Boys Sexeys school.
boys (105), Reed (3327), Reports (9), school (673), Sexeys (94), Victor (1058)
Sat 27 Nov 1897

Called Mr Knight agreed mention Mr Hussey wanted Mr James Muir visit farms Lecture Sexeys Trade School Boys.
agreed (1355), boys (105), Called (1514), Farms (22), Hussey (128), James (591), Knight (122), lecture (136), mention (3), Muir (10), school (673), Sexeys (94), Trade (97), visit (35), wanted (149)
Thu 16 Dec 1897

Boys Temperance Lecture, John Plowman's Pictures school Room.
boys (105), John (2874), lecture (136), Pictures (3), Plowman (42), room (278), school (673), Temperance (131)
Sat 18 Dec 1897

The Boys myself Prizes distribution Sexeys Trade school.
boys (105), distribution (6), myself (111), prizes (33), school (673), Sexeys (94), The (347), Trade (97)
Mon 17 Jan 1898

Boys Sexeys Trade school.
boys (105), school (673), Sexeys (94), Trade (97)
Thu 27 Jan 1898

A Boys Prizes distribution Wesleyan Sunday School.
boys (105), distribution (6), prizes (33), school (673), Sunday (117), Wesleyan (212)
Wed 20 Apr 1898

Reed P. C telling meeting held ( ) Wincanton re E. S. A. S. , Reports Boys Sexey*! J. Rex sowing grass seed.
boys (105), grass (196), held (146), meeting (967), Reed (3327), Reports (9), Rex (2123), seed (208), Sexey*! (1), sowing (51), telling (115), Wincanton (642)
Fri 3 Jun 1898

One Mr Bumell Boys finger tops torn chaff cutter.
boys (105), Bumell (1), chaff (195), cutter (32), finger (7), One (45), tops (10), Torn (8)
Sun 31 Jul 1898

The Church Brigade Boys top Creech Hill camp service (Church) held hill tonight
boys (105), Brigade (3), camp (3), church (99), church (99), Creech (7), held (146), Hill (955), Hill (955), Service (131), The (347), top (281)
Thu 11 Aug 1898

Reed report Boys SexeyV wrote Mr Greenhill meet Shepton Montague Saturday morning, send .
boys (105), Greenhill (13), meet (154), Montague (87), morning (1314), Reed (3327), report (32), Saturday (205), send (792), SexeyV (3), Shepton (200), Wrote (2470)
Thu 1 Sep 1898

Boys Sports Sexeys afternoon.
afternoon (245), boys (105), Sexeys (94), sports (10)
Fri 16 Dec 1898

Stanley Old Sexeys Boys Supper Assembly Rooms (Blue Ball).
Assembly (49), Ball (64), Blue (78), boys (105), old (289), Rooms (66), Sexeys (94), Stanley (703), supper (50)
Fri 3 Feb 1899

Henry Davis showed Boys attended ( ) spars thatch Rick Thatch ftc.
Attended (38), boys (105), Davis (26), ftc (833), Henry (311), Rick (353), showed (58), spars (27), thatch (62), thatch (62)
Fri 17 Feb 1899

Wrote sent letters John, Victor, Stanley Edward White, telling wanted excused Pitcombe Tuesday evening Bank, T. O. B Co receipt cheque Boys fees.
Bank (1010), boys (105), cheque (1456), Edward (90), evening (828), excused (3), fees (77), John (2874), Letters (267), Pitcombe (27), receipt (518), sent (4043), Stanley (703), telling (115), Tuesday (178), Victor (1058), wanted (149), White (580), Wrote (2470)
Fri 10 Mar 1899

T. H hauling manure liquid Sent letters Boys Paper John.
boys (105), hauling (1627), John (2874), Letters (267), liquid (41), manure (256), Paper (133), sent (4043)
Thu 6 Apr 1899

Bazaar Boys (Church) Brigade.
Bazaar (23), boys (105), Brigade (3), church (99)
Mon 10 Apr 1899

Boys school.
boys (105), school (673)
Thu 9 Nov 1899

Mr Knight several boys looked Farm .
boys (105), Farm (548), Knight (122), looked (297), several (95)
Tue 28 Nov 1899

A, Louie boys Mr Raymonds recital.
boys (105), Louie (713), Raymonds (1), Recital (2)
Mon 21 May 1900

Bruton, MRS Derbage Mrs Rex Boys.
boys (105), Bruton (758), Derbage (38), Mrs (1554), Mrs (1554), Rex (2123)
Fri 14 Dec 1900

Saw cousin William Clift bed ilL Came Sexeys Trade school Prize distribution Boys.
Bed (62), boys (105), Came (596), Clift (95), Cousin (105), distribution (6), ill (72), Prize (82), Saw (1040), school (673), Sexeys (94), Trade (97), William (302)
Sun 7 Apr 1901

Mr Martin preached evening Corinthians C V. All Boys Louie, Polite Baby dinner .
All (17), Baby (67), boys (105), Corinthians (6), dinner (168), evening (828), Louie (713), Martin (137), Polite (8), preached (1123)
Wed 10 Apr 1901

Mr Norton's Boys Concert tonight Louie
boys (105), concert (49), Norton (56), tonight (250)
Thu 16 May 1901

J. Rex boys picking stones oats Burrowfield.
boys (105), Burrowfield (217), oats (360), Picking (40), Rex (2123), stones (170)
Fri 24 May 1901

wrote Boys .
boys (105), Wrote (2470)
Fri 14 Jun 1901

Mr T. H Jones bought myself Boys Hats ftc.
bought (1410), boys (105), ftc (833), Hats (2), Jones (1185), myself (111)
Fri 14 Jun 1901

The Boys wrote several Relations Friends told Funeral fixed Tuesday.
boys (105), fixed (23), friends (55), funeral (74), Relations (1), several (95), The (347), told (1155), Tuesday (178), Wrote (2470)
Mon 17 Jun 1901

Boys cleaned hay Burrowfleld Hyde.
boys (105), Burrowfleld (1), Cleaned (78), hay (1122), Hyde (177)
Thu 4 Jul 1901

Boys (Tom, Stanley Willie) bulk hay Watford's.
boys (105), Bulk (3), hay (1122), Stanley (703), Tom (2187), Watford (8), Willie (383)
Sat 26 Oct 1901

Mr Knight boys.
boys (105), Knight (122)
Mon 2 Feb 1903

Boys Cross Goodland agreed tomorrow rate /- per week.
agreed (1355), boys (105), Cross (99), Goodland (20), Per (696), Rate (87), tomorrow (666), week (405)
Mon 17 Aug 1903

Bruton New Instruments, , handed Town Band Heard Brother Joshua's Boys met accident.
accident (25), Band (16), boys (105), Brother (200), Bruton (758), handed (5), heard (404), instruments (4), Joshua (343), met (393), New (159), Town (532)

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