| Evidence: | Meeting held at Ashton Lodge :- 3. 7. 37. Henry Marriage Wallis in the Chair. 1. Minutes of last read & approved
7. The Meeting then gave its attention to Witches. H. M Wallis led off with a paper on Witchcraft and readings were given from the following
books:- MacBeth – The Witch Scene[?] by Janet Rawlings, Dorothy Brain, & Dorothea Taylor
with F. E. Pollard & V. W. Alexander as Banquo & MacBeth Between all these items there was considerable discussion. Members were able to vie with one another in tale of mystery and eerie happenings, and if all the conversation was not strictly relevant at least the interest did not flag. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 3 Jul 1937 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Reading county: Berkshire specific address: Ashton Lodge, Kendrick Road |
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| Reader: | Victor Alexander |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1887 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | Quaker or associated with the Friends |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Members of the XII Book Club |
| Additional comments: | It is assumed that it was Victor Alexander, as secretary of the club, who read out the minutes of the previous meeting. |
| Author: | Victor Alexander |
| Title: | [Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 5 May 1937] |
| Genre: | Minutes |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Notebook |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | reading group |
| Record ID: | 30068 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Victor Alexander | |
| Title: | XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938) | |
| Location: | private collection | |
| Call no: | n/a | |
| Page/folio: | 188–9 |
| Citation: | Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938) private collection, p. 188–9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=30068, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
| Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php). |
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