Record Number: 31064

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

' ... as I had started adolescence in a blaze of idealism, the conflicting ugliness of factory life often drove my spirits into the depths. I rushed to poetry for escape and lived a double existence by seeking the slopes of Parnassus in thought while my hands mechanically soldered lead fittings or malletted sheet metal into shape at the grimy benches of the workshop.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1906 and 1907

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Birmingham
county: West Midlands

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:

Vero Walter Garratt

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

17 Feb 1892

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

Factory worker

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown unknown

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31064

Source:

Print

Author:

Vero Walter Garratt

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Man in the Street

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1939

Vol:

n/a

Page:

92

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vero Walter Garratt, A Man in the Street, (London, 1939), n/a, p. 92, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31064, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None