25 Feb 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
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Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2014-02-11 21:28
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Fri, 25 Feb 1944
Cold wind but fine sunny day.
Watered Steve’s garden.
Food carrying.
Election of District Reps. Barry & Neilson [? Nelson?] get in. ((Probably F C Barry and L R Nielson.)) Wittenbach, Minshall & Stops outvoted.
Choir practice 5-6pm but hardly any of the choir turned up.
With Steve pm.
Onion splitting.
New moon.
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Choir Practice
I had to chuckle at Mr. Jones' comment that hardly any of the choir turned up for the practice. Not sure how you could actually have a practice in such circumstances!
Could anyone of an agricultural bent please explain "onion splitting?" I'm not familiar with the term. Many thanks.
"Onion splitting"
Maybe something like this: https://www.epicgardening.com/separating-onions/
Onion Splitting
Many thanks - a very informative site!