The date of auntie's death.

Recently a local historian telephoned to ask us the date our aunt had died, who had been a much loved local teacher. Out of the blue we could not remember. So next day I went into our office and contemplated the piles of old diaries I had kept on the bookshelves since the 1970's, facing the gargantuan task of finding the appropriate entry. I pulled out one at random, and opened it in the middle - and there was the information! Memorial Serice for Auntie Mabel, 1st July 1996 at 2.30 p.m. The task which could have taken me perhaps an hour, had taken me just a few minutes! Ridiculous, of course, but I had the distinct feeling that the dear old lady had helped me.