| Evidence: | 'She pinned it to her coat; and returned to London reading the 1349 closely-typed pages of St. John Ervine's recently completed biography of General Booth, "God's Soldier".' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Sep 1934 and 30 Sep 1934 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: on a train from Southampton to London | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Winifred Holtby |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1898 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | St. John Ervine |
| Title: | God's Soldier |
| Genre: | Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 23688 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Friendship | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 378 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship (Great Britain, 1980), p. 378, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23688, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Winifred Holtby had been in Southampton seeing off Vera Brittain and her husband who were about to sail to America on the "Berengaria". A passenger on board the ship saw her pick some mustard and cress which she had found growing on the dock and put it in her buttonhole, and threw down a pink carnation for her to wear instead. It was this which she "pinned to her coat". |
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