THE DIARY OF WILLIAM SELLERS

Sept. 9^thSold some Spring chickens off the farm for 18/3 per couple.These chickens were sold by auction at Bridlington cattle mkt
14^th. Raining all day. This has been a bad week for leading. Showers nearly every day.
15^th, 16^th, 17^th, Heavy rain every day. Oats are sprouting in the stook. No leading possible.
16^th. Sold four fat ewes for £7. 1. 0. each.
26^th. Rain has fallen nearly every day for a fortnight. Lot of corn still out.
21^st. Mr Butterworth’s farm was offered for sale by auction at the Black Lion at Bridlington today but was not sold.
Cliff cottage was sold to father for £180.
Oct 1^st. Fine day.This is only the second day on which a full days leading has been possible since we commenced to lead.
5^th. Finished leading sheaves. Strong wind & showers daily.
6^th. Horses sleeping in.
11^th. Finished harvest. We have been seven weeks & 1 day from starting to finishing harvest.A lot of farms & land have been sold this summer in this district for high prices but there is a slump in land at present. In several cases lately no offer at all has been made for farms offered by auction.
A pair of six year old cart horses sold by auction this week at Driffield realised £375.
Nov 2^nd. Mrs Temples baby died today.Lot of people down with influenza This is the worst visit of this plague that I remember. Thousands of people have died during the last three weeks in England.
Nov 6^th & 7^th. Sowing wheat. Two fine days in the midst of a very unsettled period.
18^th. The influenza epidemic has invaded this district. On some farms all the men are ill. Field work has to be left till a more convenient season. A Filey doctor yesterday sent out his medicene(sic) to the villages North of Filey in three large laundry baskets.
70 people are ill at Wold Newton.