Record Number: 10048

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'At work the sole topic was the new Conscription Bill, with discussion on how it will affect each one. After reading the "Telegraph" I worked out that it would be August at least before I was de-reserved, and that I should be out of work by then, for I cannot see us lasting another seven months.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Sep 1939 and 31 Dec 1941

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

Factory worker

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

Daily Telegraph

Genre:

Politics, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

Source Information:

Record ID:

10048

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

'People in Production: An Enquiry into British War Production' (Harmondsworth, 1942), Notes A Report Prepared by Mass-Observation for the Advertising Service Guild, p. 134, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk,

Citation:

Additional Comments:

None

the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

Record Number: 10048

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Additional Comments:

Text Being Read:

Source Information:

Additional Comments: