Evidence: | '[Father] taught himself to read English almost perfectly. Mother somehow taught herself enough English to get the gist of the contents of English newspapers. Father, oddly, refused to read the English papers; I fancy he thought more highly of books. I dimly remember evenings, before mother became very ill, when she sat with him at the kitchen table while he ate his dinner, and with obvious delight read an English paper to him. She also of course read "Die Zeit", and letters in Yiddish from relatives left behind in Lithuania; these came more and more infrequently and finally died away. I suppose she never had time to read anything else'. |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 3 Apr 1916 and 3 Apr 1923 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Glasgow other location: Gorbals area |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Mr Glasser |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | Jewish |
Country of origin: | Lithuania |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | father of Ralph Glasser |
Author: | [unknown] |
Title: | [books in English] |
Genre: | Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 20294 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Ralph Glasser | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Growing up in the Gorbals | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1986 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 18 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Ralph Glasser, Growing up in the Gorbals (London, 1986), p. 18, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20294, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
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