| Evidence: | 'I read about one book per day.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1941 and 31 Dec 1945 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning afternoon evening daytime night |
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| Place: | city: Failsworth (near Oldham) county: Lancashire specific address: 35 Newton Road, Failsworth location in dwelling: all over other location: anywhere |
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| Reader: | John H.S. Craig |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 3 Jul 1933 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer upper working class (at the time)(now professional + academic) |
| Occupation: | school child (at the time) |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
family, but not when I was using a torch to read under the blankets |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | various |
| Title: | various |
| Genre: | Bible, Classics, Fiction, History, Poetry, Children's Lit, Geography / Travel, Sport / Leisure, Textbook / self-education, Science, Arts / architecture, Ephemera, Mathematics, Technology, Natural history, Miscellany / Anthology, Astrology / alchemy / occult, Reference / General works |
| Form of Text: | Print: Advertisement, Book, Form, Handbill, Newspaper, Poster, Serial / periodical, Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (public library) my grandfathers library/National Geographic from neighbour's dustbin |
| Record ID: | 12283 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Testimony of living reader about his reading 1941-1945., |
| Citation: | Testimony of living reader about his reading 1941-1945., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12283, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
| Authors read included Haggard, Sayers, Collins, Christie, Goethe. Texts included the National Geographic, Childrens Newspapers Goethe (in German), History, Quick magazine. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)