The Diaries of Russell James Sparrow 1908 to 1991
We had been discussing whether or not we should make a move away from the East coast finding Frinton a bit exposed in the winter, so decided to have a holiday somewhere which we thought would be a good place for another home. We settled on Hereford having spent 2 happy weekends there during the war when I was stationed at Madley and were smitten by a trip we made to Hay on the Wye. We stayed for a week in a guest house and had a jolly good look around but didn’t see anything that suited us. In July Heather came over to England on her own and after a few days with Lynn and David they brought her over to see us. We took her out and about and then to stay with Mick and family for a few days before flying back to Canada on Aug.7th. Still no luck with house hunting but nevertheless decided to put our house on the market.
1976 House Hunting Gales and high tides were prevalent and lots of damage sustained. The much publicised Concorde went into service. In May Mick was successful in obtaining a teaching post at St. Joseph’s College, Ipswich. June came in with a heatwave and on the Sunday (27th) Frinton was filled to overflowing with cars. A drought followed and this included an invasion by ladybirds, they were everyThe Concorde where, all along the seawalls, houses, gardens, shops and all over you when you came out of the sea and tried to dry off on the beach. At the end of the month we went on another house hunting exhibition to Evesham, Upton-on Severn and Malvern where we stayed for the night. We decided to 94
