Diary – Tuesday 22nd December 2015

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A preparation day dominated by a visit to the barbers. I got things ready for Wednesday’s last welfare inspection meeting of the year, and did a little local shopping. The barbers trip was for a beard shave, as I have no hair left on my head. I often let my beard grow wild for a few months and then get the barber to remove it – getting it trimmed just before Christmas seemed timely. As the very nice senior partner of the barbershop died a few months back, (suicide after a prolonged battle with bone marrow cancer), the lady running the shop had lots of customers to see so I knew it would be a long wait. I had a book with me to pass the time, but I wasn’t expecting her to invite me and other customers to eat sweets and drink beer while we waited too, which was delightful. Arthur Chappell