Mass Observation One Day Diaries sought - Wed 12 May 2021

[Caw1]

I’ve got two of them ( new cousins that is) and we’ve had constant emails all afternoon... it’s brilliant and it does at least confirm my Dad is my Dad... I know that sounds an odd thing to say but theirs and my back ground is quite perculiar that you always wonder 😂😢.

Caroline

[River Tyne Lass]

Well done Mowsehowse in getting yours sent off already.  You have inspired me to get on with mine and I have just sent it off now so that is that for another year. 

Congratulations Caroline on these new cousins. You must be feeling over the moon, what an exciting discovery!  It always feels good to feel that things are confirmed. 
I will never forget how elated I felt when a half cousin of my Mother contacted me in 2014 when I had been embarking on a long search for my missing maternal Great Grandmother.

Just to add I have had a confirmation email that my entry has been received.

[Bearnan]

Just sent my diary off, what a boring day it was too! At least my sisters birthday card and present arrived on the day. It comes to something when you get excited about having a supermarket delivery. 

[Top-of-the-hill]

  I have just sent mine off - I actually had two "events" to report! A group of five had our first craft group meeting since one last summer, outdoors in a member's garden, and it was so nice to just sit and natter! In the evening I joined a Zoom talk with the gardening society. Otherwise it would have been washing up, gardening, reading, and playing with the computer.

[River Tyne Lass]

I hope your sister enjoyed her Birthday, Bearnan.  You must be relieved your card and prezzie arrived in time.

Glad life is gradually getting a bit back to normal for you ToTH.
It is good that you have both got your diaries sent off early too.  I wonder with all the publicity there has been this year they might receive more than the 5,000 they got last year?
I have just found out that there is a another Mass Observation diaries book out covering the war years - 'Blitz Spirit'.  From the description (i have seen this described as 'darkly funny') I can see parallels with recent times.  I will be adding this on my reading list.

[PrawnCocktail]

Doubt I’m going to get mine sent off. I did it, and then my computer hard drive corrupted during a Microsoft update overnight. While everything is backed up, I finished that too late for that day’s back-up, so I’ve probably lost it!

[Mowsehowse]

Doubt I’m going to get mine sent off. I did it, and then my computer hard drive corrupted during a Microsoft update overnight. While everything is backed up, I finished that too late for that day’s back-up, so I’ve probably lost it!

How very annoying for you!! 

[River Tyne Lass]

PrawnCocktail, how frustrating for you that you may have lost your work on this. 😯
I have read that they will accept physical/hard copies but they ask that this type of diary entry is not sent until after lockdown.