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Record 4656

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
"Jeremy would always have fond memories of the Grange during the war years - throwing wet mud at cloth-caped gardener Tom Houghton; sneaking into the kitchen to spirit away cook Lily Knight's pies; bouncing on the trampoline in the circus tent set up on nearby Balsall Common and listening to bedtime stories from his much-loved nanny, Ellen Clifford, who was to be with the family for 53 years."
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 4 Sep 1939 and 1 Aug 1945
Country: England
Time: night: At bedtime
Place: city: Berkswell
county: Warwickshire
specific address: Berkswell Grange, Truggist Lane
   
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:Ellen Clifford
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Servant
Occupation: Nanny
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Jeremy Huggins (Jeremy Brett)
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: n/a
Genre: Children's Lit
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 4656  
Source - Print  
  Author: Terry Manners
  Editor: n/a
  Title: The Man Who Became Sherlock Holmes
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1997
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 10
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Terry Manners, The Man Who Became Sherlock Holmes (London, 1997), p. 10, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4656, accessed: 02 May 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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