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"A/L.
Mother minded Harry in PM.
Took Doris to Westgate to see Charlie Chaplin."
The film was probably Monsieur Verdoux, a black comedy in which Chaplin abandoned his little tramp persona to play: "A suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards."
The film was not well received by the press and did better in Europe than America, but it was nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing in 1947.
"Damp & cold.
Drew £3 out of Post Office. Went to Ritz with Doris."
Ritz Cinema, that is.
"Damp & cold.
Took Doris to Gateshead Odeon."
"Fine but windy.
Spent early afternoon at garden.
Went walk with Doris at night."
"Dull and cold.
Doris went to Dr. - slight heart trouble."
"Dull & cold.
Had row with Doris re not going to doctor."
"Bed settee suite delivered. Cost £34.00.
Took Doris to Ritz."
Wed 1st October
"Fine weather continues.
Went to see Mother - had a bit of a row re politics.
Overtime."
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Thurs 2nd October
"Fine and dry.
Overtime again."
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Fri 3rd October
"Fine weather still continues.
Last night of overtime."
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Sat 4th October
"Sunny day.
Went out with Doris and baby to get new raincoat.
Ronnie had leeks stolen."
Wed 24th September
"Sunny day.
Started work in new garden - No. 52."
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Thurs 25th September
"Dull but fine."
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Fri 26th September
"Took Doris to Odeon, Gateshead."
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Sat 27th September
"Sunny day. Went to see Gateshead v. York -- Draw 0-0."
"Bought new inflator - 6/6d.
Spent afternoon with Doris at garden."
"Very heavy rain in early morning.
Sunny in afternoon.
Took Doris to see The Red House at Gateshead Odeon."
In The Red House, starring Edward G. Robinson, "An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods."
"Very dull days. Still no rain. Overtime every night.
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Doris went to doctor's about bad back."
"Hot & dry.
Went out with Doris and baby."
"Still no rain.
Went to town with Doris."
"Still hot.
Garden in afternoon, walk with Doris at night."
"Received notice of Board & Test.
Stayed in with Doris at night."
That's a Promotion Board, of course.
"Garden in afternoon.
Went on walk with Doris."
"Had a walk over to town with Bill and Doris."
Today's Diary motto: Many a false step is made by standing still.
"DORIS' BIRTHDAY (31)
Sunny morning.
Joe Leddy, Bill and myself out at night."
Happy Birthday, Mam!
"Took Doris to Ritz."
Not the Ritz restaurant, of course, but the Ritz Cinema in Gateshead. The Ritz was the nicest and probably the most expensive cinema in Gateshead and going there was always a treat.
The Ritz Cinema was closed on 18th May 1968 with Dennis Waterman in “Up the Junction”. It had been purchased in a compulsory purchase order to build the A1 road viaduct, a scheme which also destroyed the nearby Essoldo Theatre. There are now plans to demolish the road viaduct, when money allows.
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