Evidence: | Q: Did you have a regular newspaper in the family?
A: We had the News of the World and People every Sunday.
Q: Who read it?
A: It was m'dad, he would read it from beginning to the end.
Q: What about your mum?
A: There used to be a paper called John Bull and we used to get that. I think it is called the Weekly News now. It went to Thomson's Weekly after that and then it went to the Weekly News. My dad had nowt else to do when he came home from work. I think we got the Post every night,
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Q: Did your mother ever read the newspaper or was it your dad mostly?
A: It was my dad mostly. My mother used to like tuppeny novels.
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Preston county: Lancashire |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | anon |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Record ID: | 4192 | |
Source - | Manuscript | Other |
Author: | ocial and Family life in Preston, 1890-1940, Elizabeth Roberts archive, University of Lancaster library, transcript of interview conducted in 1981, p.27. Interviewee: Mrs C5P, born 1919., |
Citation: | ocial and Family life in Preston, 1890-1940, Elizabeth Roberts archive, University of Lancaster library, transcript of interview conducted in 1981, p.27. Interviewee: Mrs C5P, born 1919., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4192, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
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