Record Number: 32977
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘We have to go back to Camp on Monday! There are a number of Tents now standing: perhaps for us! I have not been to Hornchurch this Afternoon, but finding a well-furnished Room over a Tea Shop here vacant (of all but sleeping Artists), there remained; and, on the strength of Coffee, read, the whole Afternoon.’
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 6 May 1916 and 8 May 1916
Country:England
Timeafternoon
daytime
city: Romford
county: Essex
specific address: tea rooms
location in dwelling: upstairs
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:18 Mar 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Second Lieutenant, Artists' Rifles
Religion:Christian (Anglican)
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: Title:unknown
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32977
Source:Wilfrid Owen
Editor:Harold Owen
Title:Wilfred Owen: Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1967
Vol:n/a
Page:392
Additional Comments:
Letter to undisclosed recipient, dated 8 May 1916 (written 6 May) Cadet School, Gidea Hall, “Balgores,” Romford, Essex
Citation:
Wilfrid Owen, Harold Owen (ed.), Wilfred Owen: Collected Letters, (London, 1967), p. 392, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32977, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Date range is speculative, but the evidence tends to suggest the weekend (?Saturday 6 May) rather than Monday 8 May 1916.
