Record Number: 24669
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
5 March 1853: 'At 6 I went down again to the [workmen's] Room and to my surprise found the library finished and furnished, the refreshments all about and everything looked as nice as possible. How grateful I shall be if this may save some from frequenting the Beer house. I staid about half an hour making various arrangements ... Great numbers came in, and were all delighted, and there were a great many readers of papers etc. Indeed when we left there were above a hundred people there, reading, eating, talking and smoking!'
Century:1850-1899
Date:5 Mar 1853
Country:Wales
Timeevening
Place:city: Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil
other location: Workers' club
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reading Group: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:Wales
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:24669
Source:Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Editor:Earl of Bessborough
Title:Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1952
Vol:n/a
Page:4
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891, (London, 1952), p. 4, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24669, accessed: 20 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Club, with reading room, had been recently established by Lady Charlotte Guest.
