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Record 30086

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Send an English newpaper (not the Daily Mail as we have it here) occasionally. We are forbidden to send picture postcards now. I am in a hurry to catch the mail, so I must close.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 6 Nov 1914
Country: France
Time: n/a
Place: city: Le Havre
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Henry William Williamson
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1 Dec 1895
Socio-economic group: Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation: Private, London Rifle Brigade
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: France
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Daily Mail
Genre: Reference / General works
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: November 1914
Provenance: read in situ

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 30086  
Source - Print  
  Author: Anne Williamson
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Henry Williamson and the First World War
  Place of Publication: Stroud
  Date of Publication: 1998
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 38
  Additional comments: Letter from Henry Williamson to Mrs Williamson, 6 November 1914.

Citation: Anne Williamson, Henry Williamson and the First World War (Stroud, 1998), p. 38, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=30086, accessed: 29 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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