Evidence: | 'London hatter Frederick Willis asserted that [Frank Richards's stories in the Gem and Magnet] taught him to be "very loyal" to the headmaster and teachers at his old Board school: "We were great readers of school stories, from which we learnt that boys of the higher class boarding schools were courageous, honourable, and chivalrous, and steeped in the traditions of the school and loyalty to the country. We tried to mould our lives according to this formula. Needless to say, we fell very short... Nevertheless, the constant effort did us a lot of good".' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1907 and 31 Dec 1945 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Frederick Willis |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | hatter |
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 |
Author: | Frank Richards |
Title: | [stories in the Gem] |
Genre: | Fiction, Ephemera |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 4470 | |
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: | 323 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 323, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4470, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
See Frederick Willis, 'Peace and Dripping Toast' (London, 1950) pp. 56-7. |
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