| Evidence: | '"The Times" newspaper was taken in daily, and it was the office of each compositor in town to read the debates and leaders aloud for the benefit of the rest. When it came to my turn, they could never understand my "professional" mode of reading, and made me many humble requests for explanation.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Mar 1834 and 31 Oct 1834 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: Publishing house | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Charles Manby Smith |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1804 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | Printer / compositor |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Publishing house workmen. |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [n/a] |
| Title: | The Times |
| Genre: | Reference / General works |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 6582 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Charles Manby Smith | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The working man's way in the world | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1857 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 188 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Charles Manby Smith, The working man's way in the world (London, 1857), p. 188, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6582, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
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