| Evidence: | 'At the end of October, a paragraph by the "Daily Mail" Correspondent in Lisbon "revealed" the peril which she and her fellow evacuees were fortunate to survive.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Oct 1943 and 31 Oct 1943 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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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: | [Report in the "Daily Mail"] |
| Genre: | newspaper report |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | 1943 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28407 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Experience | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 321 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 321, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28407, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Vera Brittain refers to her daughter, Shirley, who was travelling home from America in September 1943. She goes on to quote an extract from the newspaper report. |
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