Wednesday August 25, 1982 – London
It was a
lovely day today – probably the best since we arrived in England and
therefore obviously the most suitable for me to spend a day in the office. I
started with a most pleasant meeting with Dugdale (he was the MD of the entire global operation) and then saw various
people ending up with a drink with Ken Saunders and Don Robson at the Jamaica
Inn. Matt and Rab reportedly had a very good day shopping in the West End,
their highlight being seeing Larry Hagman – J.R.Ewing himself – in the flesh
and then eating a half pound hamburger.
Derek and
Sheila Bryant together with son Michael arrived at the flat at about 19.00 and
we had a drink before going to the theatre with them. Matt towered over Michael
who is turning fifteen next month.
We saw an
Agatha Christie play starring Gordon Jackson which was a bit disappointing
because the murderer was the obvious suspect. Still, it was a nice evening
although darned expensive - £45.00 for the six seats.
Thursday August 26, 1982 – London
It was
another lovely day this morning as I set off for the office via Boots to pick
up the last of our batch of photos. Matt and Rab were going to have a last
minute bit of shopping and then go on a
tour of London
on an open bus.
I had a most
interesting day at the office with various people landing up with Gerry Lloyd
just before lunch. It was a good lunch at the Managers’ Mess at King William Street
with Ken Saunders as President. There were a number of good people whom I had
met and a good time was had by all. If I had not had a date with Peter
Greenfield (one of the two General
Managers who had Africa in his portfolio)
I would certainly not have packed it in as early as 15.00. After that meeting
there was a party for one of the managers who was retiring and all insisted
that I should go along there. If it was not for the fact that Rab and Matt were
at home waiting I would not have got away as early as 18.00. (This was a fairly typical day in the life
of our Head Office – long lunches with plenty to drink followed by early
evening drinks and, for the visitor, a dinner)
It is very
difficult to get hold of a cab at the Royal Exchange but I finally managed it
and got home about 18.30. We had a pleasant snack of bratwurst and bockwurst
with latkas (courtesy of Harrods) for old times sake and then after finishing
the packing watched a hilarious Des O’Connor show with Terry Wogan as the main
guest. Thjis was followed by a good programme on the Battle of Jutland which I
watched so I got to bed quite late.
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