Record Number: 29996

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at Ashton Lodge: 15. 5. 36
    H. M. Wallis in the Chair
1. Minutes of last read and approved
5. A General Knowledge then occupied us very happily for the rest of the evening. H. R. Smith and C. E. Stansfield, the Examiners, proved too cunning for most of us. But the ladies claimed with some show of reason that the absence of a female Examiner placed them at a disadvantage.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

15 May 1936

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: Ashton Lodge, Kendrick Road

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Members of the XII Book Club

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

H. R. Smith and Charles Stansfield

Title:

BOOK CLUB: General Knowledge Paper, 15th May 1936.

Genre:

Ephemera, Quiz paper

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Typescript sheets

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

reading group

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29996

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Victor Alexander

Title:

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

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

171–2

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, 171–2, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29996, accessed: 04 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

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).