Record Number: 5129

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"Anthony Errington, a Tyneside wagonway wright, sat down in 1823 to write out his life history ... After brief accounts of his parents and his infancy, he turned to his education: "'I Closely attended school to read ... haveing bean one month at school, at diner time I went into the Church yard to read the grave stones.'"

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

other location: churchyard

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:

Anthony Errington

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)
wagonway wright

Occupation:

school pupil

Religion:

n/a

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:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Unknown, Inscriptions on grave stones

Form of Text:

Print: tombstone epitaphs

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5129

Source:

Print

Author:

David Vincent

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Rise of Mass Literacy: Reading and Writing in Moderrn Europe

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

2000

Vol:

n/a

Page:

27

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

David Vincent, The Rise of Mass Literacy: Reading and Writing in Moderrn Europe (Oxford, 2000), p. 27, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5129, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Quotation from A. Errington, Coals on Rails, ed. P. E. H. Hair (Liverpool, 1988) 31-2.