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Oct 28th. 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 6th & 7th. 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 6th 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.
11th. White over with snow, light frost, wind East.
Sold some barley off the farm at £5.17.6 per qr.
14th. 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 22nd. 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.
25th. 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.
30th. Hard frost. Rain late at night. Very cold.
Dec 6th. Barley down 25/- per qr at Bridlington Oats 3/-.,      
7th Heavy showers of snow, very cold. Thunder & lightning at night.

15th. 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.
31st rain every day or night. Weather mild.
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