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Record Number: 33510


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am so very sorry to hear of the terrible disaster which has once more overtaken the neighbourhood. I read about it yesterday in the Daily Sketch. I do hope there will be no more bereavements in the village but I am afraid there will be.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

15 Jan 1918

Country:

France

Time

n/a

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


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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Daily Sketch

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

33510

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:

118

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. 118, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33510, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

The 'disaster' referred to was a mine explosion at Podmore Hall Colliery in North Staffordshire on 12 January 1918, in which 155 miners died.

   
   
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