Evidence: | 'I remember being called to Cambridge to act as a judge at an exhibition of basket-work at the local institute. My office concluded, I strolled about, admiring the beauty of the architecture of the colleges and the charm of the riverside. Passing by the back of King's College, I caught site of a punt lying along the river bank wherein lounged two reading undergraduates. Now, thought I, will be evident the ennobling standard of reading which public school and university teaching develop in the upper classes. I drew near and looked. They were reading the "Pink 'Un"!' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Cambridge county: Cambridgeshire specific address: King's College other location: in a punt, at the back of King's College |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reading Group: | university undergraduates |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | students |
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: | [n/a] |
Title: | Pink 'Un |
Genre: | Fiction, Ephemera |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | reading group |
Record ID: | 12102 | |
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: | 22 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Thomas Okey, A basketful of memories: An autobiographical sketch (London, 1930), p. 22, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12102, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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