Record Number: 33464

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The book Grey and Scarlet is wonderful. Letters of Army Nurses from all over the world. Thousands of people can rise to the greatest heights of heroism.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

7 May 1944

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
county: Middlesex
specific address: 79 Ladbroke Road
other location: Onboard train between London and Birmingham

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:

Vere Hodgson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1901

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Social worker

Religion:

Church of England

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:

Ada Harrison

Title:

Grey and Scarlet: Letters from the War Areas by Army Sisters on Active Service

Genre:

History, Autobiog / Diary, Letters

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1944

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33464

Source:

Print

Author:

Vere Hodgson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Few Eggs and No Oranges: A Diary Showing how Unimportant People in London and Birmingham Lived through the War Years, 1940-45, Written in the Notting Hill Area of London

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1999

Vol:

n/a

Page:

471

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vere Hodgson, Few Eggs and No Oranges: A Diary Showing how Unimportant People in London and Birmingham Lived through the War Years, 1940-45, Written in the Notting Hill Area of London, (London, 1999), p. 471, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33464, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None