Record Number: 23688

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'She pinned it to her coat; and returned to London reading the 1349 closely-typed pages of St. John Ervine's recently completed biography of General Booth, "God's Soldier".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Sep 1934 and 30 Sep 1934

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: on a train from Southampton to London

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Winifred Holtby

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1898

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

St. John Ervine

Title:

God's Soldier

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

23688

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Friendship

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

378

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship (Great Britain, 1980), p. 378, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=23688, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Winifred Holtby had been in Southampton seeing off Vera Brittain and her husband who were about to sail to America on the "Berengaria". A passenger on board the ship saw her pick some mustard and cress which she had found growing on the dock and put it in her buttonhole, and threw down a pink carnation for her to wear instead. It was this which she "pinned to her coat".