| Evidence: | 19 March 1853:
'I turned into the workmen's Room for a moment [...] About a dozen men were enjoying the smoking room. Maria [Lady Charlotte's daughter] counted 50 in the long room all reading or writing and perfectly silent. So intent were they on their books that no one looked up as we went in. Not a head was raised till I spoke in a low voice to one of the readers and asked if they had all they wanted [...] Such a sight I never hoped to see, so orderly, so well dressed, so rationally happy; I only hope it may last.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 19 Mar 1853 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Wales | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil other location: Workers' club |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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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: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ |
| Record ID: | 24670 | |
| 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: | 4-5 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891 (London, 1952), p. 4-5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24670, accessed: 02 May 2024 | |
| Club, with reading room, had been recently established by Lady Charlotte Guest for labourers at her late husband's ironworks (she took the name Schreiber on her secnd marriage). |
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