Evidence: | While living in London, the tailor Thomas Carter 'made a habit of taking his breakfast at one of the coffee shops [...] on his way to work, where he would read the previous day's newspapers, the contents of which he would relay to his fellow workmen.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London other location: coffee shop |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Thomas Carter |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1792 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | Tailor |
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: | |
Title: | newspapers |
Genre: | Reference / General works |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 8212 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | David Vincent | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Bread, Knowledge and Freedom: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Working-Class Autobiography | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1981 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 118 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | David Vincent, Bread, Knowledge and Freedom: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Working-Class Autobiography (London, 1981), p. 118, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8212, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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