Evidence: | 'A boy thrust a "Star" into my hand, and, shivering with cold in the hot sunshine, I made myself read it.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 1 Jul 1916 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | afternoon | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London other location: outside Southwark Cathedral |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Vera Brittain |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 29 Dec 1893 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | writer |
Religion: | unknown |
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: | |
Title: | the 'Star' newspaper |
Genre: | Ephemera, current affairs |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | published 1 July 1916 |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 21465 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Vera Brittain | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Testament of Youth | |
Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 276 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 276, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21465, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
Vera had attended a recital in Southwark Cathedral with her nursing colleague Betty on their afternoon off work. The newspaper article described the beginning of the Battle of the Somme. |
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