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Record 10016

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'This landlord was new to the game and took me to see how he was studying to be master of it. He was busy reading three volumes- "Licensed Houses and Their Management".'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jan 1940 and 31 Dec 1942
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: Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation: Landlord
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: Reader is a landlord

 

Text Being Read:

Author: unknown
Title: Licensed houses and their management
Genre: Textbook / self-education, Reference / General works
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: three volumes
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 10016  
Source - Manuscript Other
  Author: 'The Pub and the People: A Worktown Study by Mass-Observation' (London, 1943), p. 60, 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: 'The Pub and the People: A Worktown Study by Mass-Observation' (London, 1943), p. 60, 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, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10016, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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