THE DIARY OF WILLIAM SELLERS

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Oct 28^th. Weather stormy. Wind North. Very heavy sea. Quantity of wreckage on the beach including a few apples. Have brought a few home in fair condition. They are small eating apples, Russetts. A few were said to be sold at Filey last night for five shillings per stone.
Nov 6^th & 7^th. Sowing wheat. The weather for the past fortnight has been very wet & stormy. Rainstorms every day & night. Some barley was sold at Driffield on the 6^th for £6. 2. 6. per qr. Some local farmers are selling turnips off the land. These are being sent inland by rail and are making big prices. A good number of farm men are out of work in the district at present.
11^th. White over with snow, light frost, wind East.
Sold some barley off the farm at £5.17.6 per qr.
14^th. Six inches of snow. Wind East. Lot of wood on the beach, long poles.
18. A black wild rabbit was found on the farm today.
An accident on the cliff near ”Weather Castle” on the 22^nd. A young man, one of a party of wreckers working at the wreck of the Alpha was descending the cliff by a rope from a derrick and by some means when near the bottom lost his hold of the rope & fell. He was carried up to the village and taken to Filey in a car suffering from an injury to his back.
25^th. Mr Hodgson has left Speeton for Carnaby. His place at Butterworth’s being taken by Mr Hall from Kelk. Mr Mainprize has left the Grange & gone back to Reighton. Rain every day or night.
30^th. Hard frost. Rain late at night. Very cold.
Dec 6^th. Barley down 25/- per qr at Bridlington Oats 3/-.,
7^th Heavy showers of snow, very cold. Thunder & lightning at night.
15^th. Weather very dull. Rain every day with strong wet winds.
Astronomers predicted fearful happenings for to-day owing to a conjunction of planets but nothing serious occurred in England.
31^st rain every day or night. Weather mild.