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Record 26750

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Transcript of interview: 'What we did have in the common room was the Daily Telegraph, which I never read, except the racing results.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jan 1938 and 31 Dec 1945
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: specific address: Casterton School
location in dwelling: Common Room
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Hilary Spalding
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 4 Sep 1927
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: child
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Daily Telegraph
Genre: Sport / Leisure, Ephemera
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: read in situ

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 26750  
Source - Manuscript Other
  Author: Transcript of interview with Mrs Hilary Adams, aged 81 (2008) carried out by RED research fellow. For further information and permission to quote this material, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php),

Citation: Transcript of interview with Mrs Hilary Adams, aged 81 (2008) carried out by RED research fellow. For further information and permission to quote this material, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26750, accessed: 25 April 2024

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