In my 'cúpla focail' above, I am referring to separate blog entries, but in fact, these entries were withing one actual posting.
Anyway, here goes for today, the JUNE BANKHOLIDAY with the sun shining again, and the air not too cold, despite a fairly negative forecast on television last night. At times I am thankful they don't always get it right.
RECEIPT
The receipt is dated Nov 6 1986 and is for 5 sheets of white faced hardboard and timber to be delivered and two lots of chrome mirror screws which were taken. My name is listed, so this was for some project of mine, but I have no idea what it could have been. in late 1986 I had just begun attending night classes in Saor Ollscoil.
NOTE
This is a Scripture quotation on the back on an envelope addressed the the St Dominic's Prayergroup, postmarked October 1985. I remember thinking how apt this quote was to describe the prayer-meeting - or at least to describe where they were aiming for. I think I will give it to Tony to bring to the meeting on Wednesday, if he is going as it is still a lovely quote and still apt.
CLASS HANDOUTS
I made these handouts when I was a substitute teacher Jan-June 1986. The image shows the first names of my students, a cloze (fill in the blanks) excercise, and a practice exercise on how to look something up in the Bible.
LETTERWhile I was at this school, there was some doubt that the school might continue in existence. In the end, common sense prevailed and this letter informs the parent of the happy outcome of discussions.
Happily, even now 25 years later, the school still exists.
These three pieces of paper date between 1989-1994 (I know that because I got a new ink-jet printer when I got a new Compaq computer in February 1994)
Those pages were joined together, and the edges were perforated so that they could run on sprockets in the printer.
The content varies - There are two long lists of archive material - did they come from particular boxes - if so, that order has been disturbed. But it is interesting to hold this list, even if the items are scattered.
The third sheet appears to be notes for a talk about the Sacrament of Reconciliation. I don't know if I ever gave this talk, but There is very little I would change about it were I to give it today.
LETTER AND BILL
INSTRUCTION CARD
The AVALON card may have come from a sofa-bed which was covered with black vinyl. My favourite memories of this sofa are the occasions when our small children would come into the room, remove the block of wood which we used to keep the bed steady. They would then use only finger-tip power to topple the bed, and both of us would slide down the shiny vinyl surface into a hilarious heap on the floor.
GUARANTEEAnother unknown! I think this might have been the food-mixer referred to a day or two on this blog. What is interesting is the clarity of the language which makes sure the reader knows the limitations of what is covered.
BROCHURE
The other face of this leaflet mentions chemiculture for General Garden Use. I wonder would they use that phrase nowadays.
Haven't got a date for this tape-recorder. It says 'solid state'. I'll need to look up and see what that means. I know it was something special, but I don't yet know what that meant. To quote wikipedia "The expression became prevalent in the 1950s and the 1960s, during the transition from vacuum tube technology to semiconductor diodes and transistors."
DIRECTIONS
The DRU leaflet refers to the Drugasar heaters that we had installed throughout our home as our first form of central heating. The system was called 'balanced flue heaters'. I was really surprised to find that DRUGASAR is still on the go. We eventually changed over to the conventional system of using radiators and a gas-boiler.
This leaflet was issued by Michael O'Leary, and has details of his 'constituency advice centres' on the back of the leaflet. Inside there is a copy of the editorial Sunday Independent, April 27 1986 and information about 4 x REFERENDUM PUBLIC MEETINGS. Also inside are three questions and answers:
What is the vote about?
Will this lead to easy divorce
What about welfare benefits.
All very interesting, particularly when viewed in hindsight. However, I have decided that this is one of the things I am definitely going to throw out.
INSTRUCTIONS
This time the instructions are for a convector heater. Not sure which model we had, but the advantages included its effective heating capacity, and its disadvantages included the amount of electricity it used to provide this heat, and also the fact that there was some kind of loose connection so that if you touched the heater when it was switched on, there was a distinct sensation of it being 'live'.
INVOICE 1The McKennas invoice is for an Amstread Cassette which cost £29. Dated 1983, I imagine this is to replace a tape-recorder which had worn out or broken.
INSTRUCTIONS
This was probably the first Wall can opener we had - indeed I think it may have been the only one as it really is a lot more convenient to have a portable version. The direction sheet shows that this wall opener had a magnetic lid lifter - well that is Model 2840, I don't think that was the version we had.
INVOICE 2
The handwritten receipt is from Furniture Designs and dated December 14 1984 - doesn't that mean that what we bought was to celebrate Christmas. The two items were 3-foot, but I dodn't really know what it was.
CARD
I think this little card was for the repair of a Grundig tape recorder - I'm sure it wasn't a purchase for only £15.50 November 19 1986.
MANUAL
The Electrolux fridge was probably the first fridge we had - I'm looking at the layout, and I don't actually remember it. The manual has eight pages of information and advice, but I can't imagine people reading that much these days.
RECEIPT
McKennas again, dated Nov 10 1984. The Amstrad has been returned, 'needing re-adjustmemt'.
The Receipt from APOLLO for the 12" Goldstar TV is December 22 1983. I'm almost certain that this is the television we bought to go with the DRAGON computer which we bought with the money we unexpectedly found in a savings account.
I think this TV lasted until we had that breakin, and a number of small items were stolen.
WATCH GUARANTEE
Could be that the watch was bought in Blanchardstown as per the stamp on the card - The date is August 2 1980. On the other hand it could have been bought in Burke's of Main Street, Carrick-on-Suir.
Either ways, I can't think who the watch might have been for - unless it was for one of the children.
RECEIPT
This Receipt is for Novalon grey line - I wonder which room this was for - 1983 - and it is a big piece - 19'6" by 13' - that would be for the kitchen - I am wondering if it is the white tiled lino that we bought with the money we got from selling the Candy dish-washer that took ages to wash the dishes and didn't really get them clean. I think right enough it could be that the lines marking out the squares were grey rather than black.
CERTIFICATE
This certificate of Purchase for Type No HL 2357 is addressed to Combined Electronic Services a philips group company. As for what it was for - yet again I have no idea! I am really beginning to get the message that if in the future I am going to indulge myself collecting more of this kind of stuff, I really should write notes for it when I put it away, and not rely on memory which obviously doesn't always last 25 years.
INSTRUCTIONSThe Krups Hairdryer has detailed instructions in ten languages.
Even though as I remarked before, I do not use the dryer on my hair nowadays, it still gets used a couple of times a year to defrost the freezer.
DIRECTIONS
These directions are for the iron - another appliance that gets very little use these days. I would only use it either to make myself look presentable for a special event, or in the event that something getss exceptionally creased in the wash, and I wouldn't 'get away with' wearing it without ironing.
GUARANTEE
Sunbeam guarantee - question is what was guaranteed - something electrical, but not a clue what it was. Possibly another iron ... But again, I haven't a clue!
CONTACT
Label off the drugasar appliances, presumably so that we could contact them for service, but the address given is The Netherlands, so I don't imagine we ever made contact.
Leaflet shows the first microwave we had - very simple controls, and served us well as long as it lasted.
LETTER
The letter is from TACT (Tallaght Adult and Community Training. They are fund-raising in 1986 for a creche for students. That could have been the time I did the Writers Group class with them.
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