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These two days preparing ourselves for the election, canvassing some of Southoe personally and then printing off and delivering tactical letters to Green party and Labour supporters. Also assembling teams of tellers for the many polling stations and overcoming delivery problems before preparing well for polling day
I spent these two days preparing for our election attempt. I canvassed Southoe personally as well as I could in two sessions and then helping Percy print off and deliver the letter aimed at Green party and Labour supporters. I was also getting together the polling day telling teams that were to operate at Southoe, Buckton, Offord (and Gransden) not to mention Little Paxton. We are so short of members that friends, relatives and neighbours were all being brought in to help and Michael and Des had to find their own. By evening, we had established that we have problems with Percy’s eve of poll/good morning slips and their delivery due to a misunderstanding with his agent and I therefore spent until 1am delivering a batch of them myself. Moira has set up a computer system in the Buckden committee room and was ready to go.
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A full day of canvassing, on a fine and sunny day, with five of us this morning, just Percy and I in the afternoon and then three of us this evening and the Offord and Buckden polling districts. I collected Daniel from school for a driving lesson and took many canvas cards to Moira Biggin’s house for processing. News today of a civil servant going berserk with a shotgun in Whitley Bay, a prison riot at Risley remand centre, and the murder of human rights campaigner, David Webster, in South Africa.
Although this was a bank holiday, I made the decision that our campaign should go on today and we covered a lot of ground and did ourselves some good in the process. There were six of us canvassing this morning; just Percy and I this afternoon, and then three of us again this evening. This meant some 20 hours of campaigning, which should have put us ahead in the Buckden and Offord Polling Districts. There were no Tories in evidence today, which was good. The weather started cloudy and misty, which kept the electors at home and off the coast roads. Later, it was warm and sunny and then cool tonight. At teatime, I drove over to collect Daniel from Kimbolton School and gave him a driving lesson on the way home. Tonight, I took a thick wad of canvas cards over to Moira Biggin’s house for processing and received a ream of yellow/gold paper in exchange.