Sharp diary 1918 page 243. Wednesday 28 August 1918 - Meadows of Dan
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Wednesday 28th of August 1918
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A wet night & morning. Mackintosh up and call on Mrs Green Shelor but get nothing. Then walk a couple of miles to see Preacher Shelor but mistake his house & call on Mrs William Shelor instead. She sings me 2 or 3 songs and then tells us of Joe Blackett the postman who is home for the day. We call there to find him out but arrange with his daughter to call at 4 p.m. Then on the way home see the Preacher & make an app[ointment] with him for tomorrow "evening". After lunch & a short rest go to the Blackett’s and stay there a couple of hours. He sang me 7 or 8 fairly good songs and is a "banger-man" while I played the piano — quite a nice one — and Maud & I sang. Got back in time for dinner at 6.30 — "fast" time! We live very comfortably here. Our rooms are nicely furnished scrupulously clean — as is the whole house — and more like a small English Farm house than any other we have yet struck in the mountains. The 3 old people are each & all famous talkers. "Bill" & his wife are regular Chicago people but Mrs S is more or less a mountaineer & wonderfully fit for her age. Weather clears up in the afternoon but we have a very heavy thunder shower after dinner. We sing & play in the parlour.Location
USA : Viginia : Meadows of Dan [0,0]
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