Record Number: 30410

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Interview with a execution broadsheet seller visiting poor villages in Norfolk: 'Not long after Rush was hung, he saw, one evening after dark, through the uncurtained cottage window, eleven persons, young and old, gathered round a scanty fire, which was made to blaze by being fed with a few sticks. An old man was reading, to an attentive audience, a broad-sheet of Rush's execution, which my informant had sold to him; he read by the fire-light; for the very poor in those villages, I was told, rarely lighted a candle on a spring evening...'

Century:

1800-1849, 1850-1899

Date:

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

county: Norfolk
location in dwelling: by the fireside

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (agricultural)

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[broadsheet of Rush's execution]

Genre:

Law, Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Broadsheet

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30410

Source:

Print

Author:

Henry Mayhew

Editor:

n/a

Title:

London Labour and the London Poor

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1861-2

Vol:

1

Page:

281

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, (London, 1861-2), 1, p. 281, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30410, accessed: 07 June 2024

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Additional Comments:

None