Evidence: | '"I just went down the Post an' when I come back it was as flat as this 'ere wharfside - there was just my 'ouse like-well, part of my 'ouse. My sissus were just making me a cup of tea for when I come 'ome. She were in the passage between the kitchen and the wash-'ouse, where it blowed 'er. She were burnt right up to 'er waist. 'Er legs were just two cinders. And 'er face... The only thing I could recognize 'er by was one of 'er boots... I'd 'ave lost 15 'omes if I could 'ave kept my
missus. We used to read together. I can't read mesen. She used to read to me like. We'd 'ave our arm-chairs one either side o' the fire,. And she read me bits out o' the paper. We 'ad a paper every evening. Every evening.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jul 1941 and 31 Jul 1941 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Hull | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | unknown |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
Occupation: | unknown |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
The husband, who is now recollecting the times when his wife used to read to him before she died at a bombing. |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | [newspaper] |
Genre: | news |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 13718 | |
Source - | Manuscript | Other |
Author: | File Report 844, Date August 1941, Title HULL, p. 5, 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
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Citation: | File Report 844, Date August 1941, Title HULL, p. 5, 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
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