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Record Number: 30886


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Well I am getting on topping: today we have been on a brigade field day round a place called "The Devils Punch bowl" It's a piece of land about 3 miles round the top. The top is flat for about 3 yards and then slopes down to an awful depth. A sailor was murdered there in 1756, as he was going to Portsmouth by an highway man. They buried the sailor, and erected a stone telling all about the barborous murder. About 50 yards away there is a stone cross which the highwayman was hung on. The murdered sailor was a Witney man. On another old stone near our camp its got Portsmouth 33 miles, and Hyde Park Corner 36 miles, which shows that we are not so far from the seaside or London. It always seems curious to see such names on a mile stone.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Nov 1915

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Aldershot
county: Hampshire

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Albert Edward Mortlock French

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

22 Jun 1899

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Apprentice fitter; Private, King's Royal Rifles

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown unknown

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Milestone.

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

30886

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Digitized version of manuscript letter, http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/la/Doc/Lettemp7.html

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Digitized version of manuscript letter, http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/la/Doc/Lettemp7.html, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30886, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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