Record Number: 31059

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'One day when drawing our parcels we received some little cardboard packets of compressed dates as usual, but this time a small white strip of paper was pasted on the outside of each bearing the words, "Produce of Mesopotamia under British occupation." This must have been pleasant reading for the Huns.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1917

Country:

Germany

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Osnabrück
specific address: Osnabrück Offizier Lager

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:

Gerald Featherstone Knight

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1895

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Lieutenant, RFC

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Germany

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[strip of paper]

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Strip of paper bearing produce information

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31059

Source:

Print

Author:

Gerald Featherstone Knight

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Brother Bosch

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1919

Vol:

n/a

Page:

47

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Gerald Featherstone Knight, Brother Bosch, (London, 1919), p. 47, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31059, accessed: 01 June 2024

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Additional Comments:

None