| Evidence: | 'My father took me to see them sold up. He must have been off work again, foundry work was little better than casual labour then. The auctioneer's man had taken the two halves of the sash window out. On the wall by the window was written in chalk: "Owing to Arrears of Rent and by Order of the Landlord. Sale this day at 2.30".' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: St Helens county: Lancashire other location: outside the house of his friend |
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| Reader: | Joseph Stamper |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 14 Oct 1886 |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | son of ironmoulder |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [unknown] |
| Title: | [notice] |
| Genre: | Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Graffito |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ |
| Record ID: | 11527 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Stamper | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | So long ago | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1960 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 51 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Joseph Stamper, So long ago (London, 1960), p. 51, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11527, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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