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'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...'"
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: J.R. Clynes Print: Newspaper
John Milton : Paradise Lost
'If Clynes needed a second lesson in the subversive power of print, it came when his foreman nearly sacked him for sneaking a look at "Paradise Lost" during a work break at the mill.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: J.R. Clynes Print: Book
[n/a] : Bible
The Weekly Return of Lessons repeated by Prisoners at Reading Gaol from 25 May to 1 June 1850. (Report of the schoolmaster to the gaol chaplain). J.R.: 'Repeat the Collect and 27th and 28th chapters of St Matthew; and 20th verse of 1st chapter of St Mark'
