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Record Number: 31093


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'... the Alliance of Honour existed to support my trend of thought and from my early teens to claim me as an ardent worker and propagandist for the cause of personal purity. I digested all the literature that came from the London headquarters and became a branch secretary with my own headquarters in the bedroom.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1909

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


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



Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown unknown

Title:

[publications of the Alliance of Honour]

Genre:

Other religious, Social Science, Textbook / self-education, Conduct books

Form of Text:

Print: Book, Pamphlet

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

31093

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:

107

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vero Walter Garratt, A Man in the Street, (London, 1939), n/a, p. 107, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31093, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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