| Evidence: | 'The political awakening of J.R. Clynes came when three old blind men paid him 3d a week to read the newspapers to them: "Reading aloud was a new joy to me. Some of the articles I read from the local Oldham papers of the time must have been pretty poor stuff I suppose, but they went to my head like wine...'" |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Oldham | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | J.R. Clynes |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1869 |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | later a Labour MP; born into working class |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
3 old blind men |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | [newspapers] |
| Genre: | Politics, Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 199 | |
| 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: | 26 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 26, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=199, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| See J.R. Clynes, "Memoirs: 1869-1924" (London, 1937) p.35 |
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