| Evidence: | 'My uncle and some others were subscribers to The Weekly Dispatch, each of the subscribers agreeing as to the time and days they were to have the paper read.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1830 and 31 Dec 1839 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: South Mimms county: Hertfordshire |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reading Group: | villagers of South Mimms |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| 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) |
The villagers in this reading group may have read the 'Weekly Dispatch' to each other as well as reading the newspaper alone. The evidence suggests this may have been the case, but it is unclear. |
| Additional comments: | reading group to which uncle of William Tinsley belonged |
| Author: | [n/a] |
| Title: | The Weekly Dispatch |
| Genre: | Ephemera, Reference / General works |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | reading group |
| Record ID: | 6607 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | William Tinsley | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Random recollections of an old publisher | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1900 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 10 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | William Tinsley, Random recollections of an old publisher (London, 1900), 1, p. 10, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6607, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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