Record Number: 10333
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'When I realised that war made people around me feel hatred for their kinsmen (by which I mean mankind). People say they wish for peace, but are quite prepared to put a man against a wall and murder him in cold blood, which I cannot believe to be Christian or human. I signed a Peace Pledge after reading an article by Dick Sheppard in the "News Chronicle", and called the meeting which formed the local PPU group, but had nothing more to do with it than that.' "I was brought up in a Quaker atmosphere; my parents were not Quakers, but were inclined towards Quakerism and had many Quaker friends. I first gave vent to Pacifist views at 14. I signed a Peace Pledge after reading an article by Dick Sheppard in the "News Chronicle", and called the meeting which formed the local PPU group, but had nothing more to do with it than that."
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1942 and 31 Dec 1942
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Unknown
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Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
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Religion:Quaker (inclination)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[article in News Chronicle]
Genre:Politics
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
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Source Information:
Record ID:10333
Source - Manuscript:Other
Author:File Report 1913, September 1943, Fortnightly Bulletin (15), Notes pacifists in wartime; Chippenham by-election; opinion on present conditions inside Germany, p. 4, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk,
Citation:File Report 1913, September 1943, Fortnightly Bulletin (15), Notes pacifists in wartime; Chippenham by-election; opinion on present conditions inside Germany, p. 4, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=10333, accessed: 30 March 2024
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