Record Number: 30210
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'It does my heart good — I, who have been so deeply distressed by the tone of the newspapers since my return from France — to hear the soldiers reading them with running comment. "If those newspaper blokes that go to the front would ask the fellows in the trenches straight, they'd hear a different story." Reading a picture paper account of Silvertown, where soldiers are depicted clearing away debris "with great energy, but showing clearly their eagerness to be at grips with the enemy" — chorus: "I don't think."'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 20 Jan 1917 and 1 Feb 1917
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Worcester
county: Worcestershire
other location: Detention Barracks
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
passive in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Listener:Thomas Corder Pettifor Catchpool
Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:15 Jul 1883
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Engineer; conscientious objector
Religion:Quaker or associated with the Friends
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
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Source Information:
Record ID:30210
Source:Corder Catchpool
Editor:n/a
Title:On Two Fronts: Letters from a Conscientious Objector
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1918; repr. 1940
Vol:n/a
Page:125-26
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Corder Catchpool, On Two Fronts: Letters from a Conscientious Objector, (London, 1918; repr. 1940), p. 125-26, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30210, accessed: 01 June 2024
Additional Comments:
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