Eighty years ago today Thursday 17 July 1941

Awoke feeling pretty weak, but although I didn’t eat much breakfast felt better afterwards. Went to dentist and I had a root removed, quite an unpleasant business; bled a lot and painful. Returned and found I had to fight in the semi-finals of boxing; not a pleasant prospect. However, I won on points, although I was very weak at the end and I had a lot of trouble keeping the other bloke out. Well the Final is ahead. Had rotten ache afterward and took a couple of aspirins, which did me the world of good.

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