My Great Grandad Fred always used Silvine Memo books as a diary. Here are a couple from his collection that were inherited by his grandson John, my father. My father continued the family tradition using the same memo books for recording his journeys and work related notes. He worked as an engineer for Burroughs Computers in the 70s and 80s, traveling around Lancashire and beyond to fix bank equipment. Below is a page from one of his many books.
Thanks for sharing these. It's slightly amazing that you can still buy a Silvine memo book in 2018 that looks pretty much unchanged from the one your dad used in 1974. They're an object, like the Noris pencil, that's so common that they're effectively invisible. I still see them in corner shops and newsagents, and I still use them myself.
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