| Evidence: | 'The only books I remember seeing as a small child were an old copy of Foxe's "Book of Martyrs" and one of the Bible, including the Apocrypha, brought out of their hiding-places on Sunday evenings at Spitalfields to amuse the child with pictures, for both were illustrated - the "Book of Martyrs" with realistic engravings of the horrible tortures inflicted on the faithful Protestant. "Bel and the Dragon" in the Bible, too, was a favourite picture.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1852 and 31 Dec 1870 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening: Sunday evenings | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London, Spitalfields location in dwelling: at home |
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| Reader: | Thomas Okey |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1852 |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Foxe |
| Title: | Book of Martyrs |
| Genre: | Other religious |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | illustrated |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 12091 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Okey | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | A basketful of memories: An autobiographical sketch | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1930 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 18 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Okey, A basketful of memories: An autobiographical sketch (London, 1930), p. 18, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12091, accessed: 30 May 2023 | |
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