Snookers, I hear, is taken, and got three months
Sheffield Weekly Telegraph, Saturday 29 October 1887
Wednesday.—Rose early. Old girl asked me if I’d have some hot water for a shave. Half the battle is a dirty, unshaven face. She ought to know that by this time. Snookers, I hear, is taken, and got three months. I wait be careful, but then Snookers was careless and a bit reckless with it I shall just head the men to Hyde Park, make a small speech, and then home to a grand feed—boiled mutton and turnips. Evening—a nice quiet sing-song at the G— D—.