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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

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Quaker (inclination)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Dick Sheppard

Title:

[article in News Chronicle]

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


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


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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