| Evidence: | Meeting held at Ashton Lodge July 10th 1930 H. M. Wallis in the chair Min 1. Minutes of last meeting approved [...] 5 The subject of John Masefield was then taken Geo Burrow gave some account of his life Mrs Burrow read 2 poems "Beauty" & "Posted Missing" H. M. Wallis read from the novel Sard Harker a thrilling account of an escape from a bog. Violet Clough read from "Midsummer Night". After refreshments "Phillip the King" was read in parts & much enjoyed the parts being taken as opposite. King Phillip C. B. Castle His Daughter the Infanta Mrs Castle Various Ghosts Mrs Pollard The Captain H.R. Smith De Leyva S.A. Reynolds |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 10 Jul 1930 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Reading county: Berkshire specific address: Ashton Lodge |
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| Reader: | Howard Smith |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1860 |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| 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: | It is assumed that it was Howard Smith, as secretary of the club, who read out the minutes of the previous meeting |
| Author: | Howard Smith |
| Title: | Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 3 June 1930 |
| Genre: | Minutes |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Notebook |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | reading group |
| Record ID: | 29418 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Howard Smith | |
| Title: | XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) | |
| Location: | private collection | |
| Call no: | n/a | |
| Page/folio: | 205–206 |
| Citation: | Howard Smith, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) private collection, p. 205–206, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29418, accessed: 03 December 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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