Record Number: 3267

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'As late as the First World War, a Manchester boy could find an epiphany in an old volume of the Journal rescued from a rubbish bin: "It was dog-eared and pages were missing but never before had I seen and held such a volume of reading matter and it provided months of utmost delight and interest. It was my introduction to life through the written word. The sciences, philosophy, religions, politics, literature, poetry, much of it far beyond my understanding".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1914 and 31 Dec 1918

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Manchester

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:

'a Manchester boy'

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

n/a

Title:

Chambers's Journal

Genre:

Other religious, Fiction, Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Politics, Science

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

Found
found in bin

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3267

Source:

Print

Author:

Jonathan Rose

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

Vol:

n/a

Page:

188

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 188, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3267, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

See Harry Watkin, 'From Hulme all Blessings Flow: A Collection of Manchester Memories', (Manchester, 1975) p.56