Evidence: | 'As late as the First World War, a Manchester boy could find an epiphany in an old volume of the Journal rescued from a rubbish bin: "It was dog-eared and pages were missing but never before had I seen and held such a volume of reading matter and it provided months of utmost delight and interest. It was my introduction to life through the written word. The sciences, philosophy, religions, politics, literature, poetry, much of it far beyond my understanding".' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1914 and 31 Dec 1918 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Manchester | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | 'a Manchester boy' |
Age | Unknown |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | n/a |
Title: | Chambers's Journal |
Genre: | Other religious, Fiction, Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Politics, Science |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | Found found in bin |
Record ID: | 3267 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Jonathan Rose | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes | |
Place of Publication: | New Haven | |
Date of Publication: | 2001 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 188 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 188, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3267, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
See Harry Watkin, 'From Hulme all Blessings Flow: A Collection of Manchester Memories', (Manchester, 1975) p.56 |
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