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Record 12472

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'6th February, Sunday. We paid a visit to the church. As usual, it being a familiar object to me, I have taken little notice of it, and never been inside it. It is of course a very old foundation, but the present fabric is quite modern. Considering its appearance of size from the outside, mainly due I think to the very tall, square tower, it is a remarkably small church. Extremely simple, in fact quite plain, apart from some carved woodwork. The one feature which we found noteworthy was the two rolls of honour, commemorative of those who fell in the great war. The one, an ornate brass reserved for commissioned officers, the other of plain wood badly carved with the names of privates and non-coms. Oh, the Lessons of the Great War!'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 6 Feb 1927
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Liverpool
specific address: Church
   
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:Gerald Moore
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 16 Jun 1903
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Coffee then Cocoa broker, working for Unilever - United Africa Company
Religion: none
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Roll of Honour of soldiers killed in the First World War
Genre: Roll of Honour
Form of Text: Print: Book, Plaque
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: read in situ

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 12472  
  Source - Manuscript
  Author: Gerald Moore
  Title: MS Diary 1927
  Location: Private Collection
  Call no: MS Diary 1927
  Page/folio: n/a

Citation: Gerald Moore, MS Diary 1927 Private Collection, p. MS Diary 1927, p. n/a, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12472, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

This material Copyright Andrew Neill Vanson Moore, and Shirley Frances Gould-Smith.

 

 

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