Evidence: | 'With little formal education, William Farish acquired basic literacy and political knowledge by reading newspapers to Newtown weavers. (Their favourite was the tri-weekly Evening Mail, a condensation of The Times).' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Newtown | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | William Farish |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1818 |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
weavers |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | Evening Mail |
Genre: | Ephemera |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 1469 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Jonathan Rose | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes | |
Place of Publication: | New Haven | |
Date of Publication: | 2001 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 64 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 64, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1469, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
See William Farish, 'The Autobiography of William Farish' (1889) |
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