A Visitor Book

I like the idea that family homes used to have “Visitor Books”. They are a wonderful resource for historians.

If I had started one at the start of 2009, my visitors would have written the following.

10/01/2009 Danielle and her brother, Simon: Came to collect the last of my stuff. Frosty atmosphere. Tea was excellent. Won’t come again.


14/01/2009 British Gas: Came to read meter. Frosty atmosphere. Will have to come again.

20/01/2009 Southern Electric: Came to read meter. Unfriendly.

07/04/2009 British Gas: Came to read meter. Still frosty atmosphere.

13/04/2009 Southern Electric: Came to read meter. Just as unfriendly.

14/05/2009 Horse Woman: Silly idea to come, didn’t even get a cup of tea.

07/06/2009 John the handyman: Fitted a new kitchen. Tea was good. I’m not interested in cricket.


There you have it, six months in the busy social life of Robert Mumford. I defy a future historian to get a PhD out of this one.