Saturday, April 28, 1934

Cleaned up the house today. Took a bath. Went up to Pauline's. Played ball, danced, etc. Ruth Ray came by this p.m.

Weeding Wembley - April 28, 1934

A row of stadium groundstaff meticulously pick out dock leaves, dandelions and daisies by hand from the hallowed Wembley turf in readiness for the FA Cup final between Manchester City and Portsmouth later that Saturday. The game was played in a thunderstorm which rendered the pitch sluggish, with City emerging 2-1 winners. "While [the Manchester City captain] Cowan strode majestically with the cup - and Brook, like a schoolboy, ran off with the lid - the Portsmouth players stood like men dismayed and dazed by a sudden calamity," reported the Manchester Guardian on the following Monday.

Friday, April 28, 1933

I am first in memory work for I got to learn 100 lines of Lady of the Lake. I had a lot of nightwork. Did my Mathematics and Civics.



April 28, 1933 cover featuring Marlene Dietrich in Blond Venus
Cine-Miroir magazine, a French movie entertainment magazine published in France in the 1920s and
1930s (maybe other years as well), featuring many photos and articles of popular films and movie stars.