| Description | Boots scribbling diary for 1981. Entries relate mainly to literary output, moods, health, world events (e.g. US hostages in Iran, shooting of President Reagan and the Pope, death of Egyptian president), books read, visits, faith, comments on preparing manuscripts for University of Exeter, domestic life, comments about moving house. Inserts include a prayer list; news cuttings relating to a Royal visit to Weymouth, housing at Polgrean, quarry at Portland, death of Horace James Willmott; letter of rejection for 'A Different Drummer' from Enitharmon Press; thank you letter from Naomi Gabb; letter of thanks from David Boadella and family; leaflet about the Royal Sailors' Rest; typescript 'message to the Royal Sailors' Rest' by Jack Clemo; parts of letters from Norman Stone; typescript of 'The Clay-pit Poet, for Jack Clemo' by Louis Hemmings; typescript of an entry for 'Contemporary Authors' by Jack Clemo. |