Overnight, England recovered from being 5-85 to be 5-242. This places it just one run short of Australia’s total. Geoffrey Boycott and Alan Knott remain unbeaten on eighty-eight and eight-seven, respectively.
Our next-door neighbour knocked on our front door to hand us a key to our front door, as well as the garage. The keys had been left with the family by the previous owners, who only today decided to come forward. Can you believe that?
We left for Nock and Kirby where we paid twelve dollars and ninety-five cents for a Lockwood deadlock. The young chap there had been explaining about the various locks on sale when my nose unmistakeably detected that someone had passed wind. When he left to go out to the rear of the store, I mentioned this fact to Tiki and she admitted that she was the one responsible. “No wonder he’s gone out the back!” I quipped.
At half past twelve, on Channel Seven, we watched the second half of today’s edition of the series, “Cher”. This was followed by another from the documentary, “Survival”. This afternoon it is about the wildebeest and wild dogs of the Serengeti.
“Mum” and “Dad” arrived as we were watching the film, “A Stitch In Time”. It is a classic British comedy and stars the diminutive Norman Wisdom. I first saw it in December, 1964 at a cinema in Hunter Street, Newcastle when my favourite songs were “Downtown” by Petula Clark and “Saturday Night At The Movies” by The Drifters.
https://youtu.be/vB08hqjJnPo
“Dad” installed our new lock at the front door, using a screwdriver in place of a chisel. He also chiselled away the brick work at the doorway to the garage, this time using the head of a bolt and a hammer. This has allowed the front doors to close freely. In addition, he transferred the lock that was in the front door of the house into the side door of the garage. After dinner we all watched the movie, “The Time Machine”, which bears the copyright of 1960. Based on the book by H.G. Wells, it stars Rod Taylor, who was born in Australia, and Yvette Mimieux.
The partnership of 215 between Boycott (107) and Knott (135) equals the English record for the sixth wicket in a Test against Australia, first set by Len Hutton and Joe Hardstaff, in 1938. When I retired at half past eleven, England was 7-334.