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Record Number: 29695


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at Broomfield, Cressingham Rd., 14.XI.33.
George H. S. Burrow in the chair

1. Minutes of last read & approved

2. [...]At the close of the meeting three unhappy pedagogues crept into a corner of the Broomfield drawing room

[...]

4. The Chairman & Secretary made a count of the votes cast by ballot to fill the vacant places in our membership. A number of attrative names had been before the club and the voting brought Margaret L. Lloyd and Mrs Goadby to the head of the poll. These ladies were duly invited and both have gladly accepted their invitation and agreed to join the Club.

[...]

6. A statement of the accounts was read showing the Club to have £2.9.0 in hand.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

14 Nov 1933

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: Broomfield, Cressingham Road
location in dwelling: Drawing room

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Victor Alexander

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1887

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Quaker or associated with the Friends

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Members of the XII Book Club


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Victor Alexander

Title:

Minutes of meeting of the XII Book Club held 7 October 1933

Genre:

Minutes

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Notebook

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

reading group


Source Information:

Record ID:

29695

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Victor Alexander

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938)

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

Victor Alexander was secretary to the XII Book Club from 1931 to 1940. It is inferred from this that he was the author of this set of minutes.

Citation:

Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938), private collection, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29695, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

It is assumed that it was Victor Alexander, as secretary of the club, who read out the minutes of the previous meeting.
Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php).

   
   
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