| Evidence: | 5 March 1853:
'At 6 I went down again to the [workmen's] Room and to my surprise found the library finished and furnished, the refreshments all about and everything looked as nice as possible. How grateful I shall be if this may save some from frequenting the Beer house. I staid about half an hour making various arrangements ... Great numbers came in, and were all delighted, and there were a great many readers of papers etc. Indeed when we left there were above a hundred people there, reading, eating, talking and smoking!' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 5 Mar 1853 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Wales | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil other location: Workers' club |
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| Reading Group: | Dowlais Iron Company workers |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | Wales |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Reference / General works |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ |
| Record ID: | 24669 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Lady Charlotte Schreiber | |
| Editor: | Earl of Bessborough | |
| Title: | Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1952 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 4 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891 (London, 1952), p. 4, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24669, accessed: 02 May 2024 | |
| Club, with reading room, had been recently established by Lady Charlotte Guest. |
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