Evidence: | 'Hundreds of men and women were standing on the stairs leading to the basement. They read newspapers, they chatted, they seemed strangely amiable.... I sat beside two workmen who swallowed food and news simultaneously (steamed ginger pudding, the "Daily Herald" and the "Daily Express").' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1942 and 31 Dec 1942 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | anon |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | workman |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | unknown |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | workmen in restaurant |
Author: | |
Title: | Daily Express |
Genre: | news |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 16881 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Jenny Hartley | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Hearts Undefeated: Women's Writing of the Second World War | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1999 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 199-200 | |
Additional comments: | From Winnifred Williams, 'Northern City at Noon', "Time and Tide, 24 October 1942. |
Citation: | Jenny Hartley, Hearts Undefeated: Women's Writing of the Second World War (London, 1999), p. 199-200, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16881, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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