Monthly Archives: April 2009

30.4.39.

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14 eggs. Came to Greenwich.     NOTE: Pictures taken by Orwell in Morocco, as well as some press cuttings and other items from his time there, have been added to the Image Gallery. Gordon Bowker has kindly contributed an … Continue reading →

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29.4.39.

Posted on 29 April by

12 eggs.

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28.4.39.

Posted on 28 April by

9 eggs.

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27.4.39.

Posted on 27 April by

Sharp frost during night & hens’ water frozen. Snow & sleet during most of the day. Short sunny intervals. Blossom seems undamaged. Perennial alyssum coming into flower. Scyllas° & grape hyacinths coming to an end. Starlings very busy obtaining straw … Continue reading →

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26.4.39.

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Sharp frost in the night. Raining. Short fall of snow in the morning. The doubtful hen sat the eggs during the night but was finally found not to be broody. Shall still put the eggs under a hen if obtainable, … Continue reading →

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25.4.39.

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Raining most of the day, & cold. 14 eggs. [From 25 April to 9 May Diary is written in Eileen’s hand.]

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24.4.39.

Posted on 24 April by

Mostly fine, with rainy intervals, cold in the evening. Applied more sodium chlorate. Nettles treated previously have blackened. One hen refuses to sit. Took her home, as she may go broody again in familiar surroundings. The other sitting well on … Continue reading →

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