Record Number: 33507

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Please don't think I am pessimistic I'm only fed up with the blooming rain. We are absolutely bound to win this year if the weather holds good ... Thanks very much for the Testament. It's fine. I'm going to read some of it tonight.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

9 Aug 1917

Country:

France

Time

n/anight

Place:

county: Nord

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:

John Lawton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

18 Dec 1896

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Second Lieutenant, Alexandra Princess of Wales' Own The Yorkshire Regiment

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

New Testament

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33507

Source:

Print

Author:

John Lawton

Editor:

Raymond Lawton

Title:

'In the Pink': The Letters of Lieutenant John Lawton, 1915-19

Place of Publication:

Stoke-on-Trent

Date of Publication:

2003

Vol:

n/a

Page:

88

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Lawton, Raymond Lawton (ed.), 'In the Pink': The Letters of Lieutenant John Lawton, 1915-19, (Stoke-on-Trent, 2003), p. 88, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33507, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None