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1862
Nov
Poor old Swift the Keeper died.
25
Bessie Beach - as old acquaintance led us to call her - (Though Mrs Beach, Post Mistress properly) died.
Nov 2
Mr Chavasse - Re-elected Warden.
Now began the said foreboding which was another Xmas {indecipherable text} the {indecipherable text} of {indecipherable text} who had lived years of happy married life - for whom out of my own family I felt more attachment than any {indecipherable text} neighbour.
Christmas Card "To all the sisterhood from Howard & Emily (Chavasse)
1863
Feb 14
Rails each side of Church yard put up.
Charles Beach went to Swift's cottage.
16
Jane Anne Chavasse died, buried at Edgbaston - a life of suffering and deprivation indeed.
John Perkins, alias "Jack" began a house in Cup Fields.
March
Blackroot Pool let to the Hotel Company - from which much success to "The Royal" is expected alas! for the spirit of "My Pool" gone for ever, a foretaste of the spirit of the age.