Record Number: 28450

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Coming up to London on the morning of September 8th, I read with the same happiness as my neighbours a "Daily Express" article by Duncan Sandys, M.P., the chairman of the War Cabinet committee on operational counter-measures against the flying bomb.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

8 Sep 1944

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

other location: "coming up to London"

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Vera Brittain

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

29 Dec 1893

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Daily Express

Genre:

Politics, current affairs

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

1944

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28450

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Experience

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

346

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 346, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28450, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None