| Evidence: | 'A Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue 25th September 1929 C. E Stansfield in the chair Min 1. Minutes of last time read and approved 2 Mrs T C Elliott was wellcomed to the club in a felicitous speech by the chairman 3 The Secretary read a letter of resignation of Membership from Muriel Bowman Smith he was directed unanimously to ask her to reconsider the matter.
7 Holiday Essays were read R H Robson a family holiday at Mort[?] Geo Burrow The Jamboree & thoughts thereon C. E. Stansfield on a Swiss Holiday whilst H M Wallis chatted on some aspects of Bordighera.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 25 Sep 1929 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Reading county: Berkshire specific address: 70 Northcourt Avenue |
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| Reader: | Charles E. Stansfield |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1865 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Retired schoolmaster, then administrator |
| Religion: | Quaker or associated with the Friends |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
members of XII Book Club |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Charles E. Stansfield |
| Title: | [essay on a Swiss holiday] |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Autobiog / Diary |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 29319 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Howard Smith | |
| Title: | XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) | |
| Location: | private collection | |
| Call no: | n/a | |
| Page/folio: | 192 |
| Citation: | Howard Smith, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) private collection, p. 192, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29319, accessed: 29 March 2023 | |
| Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php). |
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