| Evidence: | 'I find myself between a well-to-do business man from the Midlands, who is reading a "crime" novel, and two good-looking twins who are speaking a language like Danish and are learning English words from a Pitman's book.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 12 May 1937 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning: 11 am | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Pall Mall |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | anon |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | business man |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [unknown] |
| Title: | [crime novel] |
| Genre: | Fiction, Law |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 9981 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Humphrey Jennings and Charles Madge, 'May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day Surveys' (London, 1937), p. 122, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk , |
| Citation: | Humphrey Jennings and Charles Madge, 'May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day Surveys' (London, 1937), p. 122, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9981, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
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