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Record Number: 4191


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Q: Did you have a regular newspaper in the family? A: We had the News of the World and People every Sunday. Q: Who read it? A: It was m'dad, he would read it from beginning to the end. Q: What about your mum? A: There used to be a paper called John Bull and we used to get that. I think it is called the Weekly News now. It went to Thomson's Weekly after that and then it went to the Weekly News. My dad had nowt else to do when he came home from work. I think we got the Post every night, ... Q: Did your mother ever read the newspaper or was it your dad mostly? A: It was my dad mostly. My mother used to like tuppeny novels.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Preston
county: Lancashire

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:

n/a

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

News of the World

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

weekly newspaper

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

4191

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

Social and Family life in Preston, 1890-1940, Elizabeth Roberts archive, University of Lancaster library, transcript of interview conducted in 1981, p.27. Interviewee: Mrs C5P, born 1919.,

Citation:

Social and Family life in Preston, 1890-1940, Elizabeth Roberts archive, University of Lancaster library, transcript of interview conducted in 1981, p.27. Interviewee: Mrs C5P, born 1919., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4191, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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