Record Number: 33554
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘I was very glad to get your parcel in the week, the cake was fine, & so were the fags. Im sure it was very good of you to send them. I believe it was Monday that I had them, & then today the chronicale came. no letter was with it, but I guess its come from you. I was very pleased with it. to get some local new [sic] makes fine reading when a chap is away from home. its surprising how interested I was in the paper. I didnt think much of it at home but up here its preferable to all others. there is so much about the individual places round home in it, & often one sees the name of someone who he knows or knew. I wish you could let me have it every week’.
Century:1900-1945
Date:2 Jul 1915
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Hummersknott
county: Durham
(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:1 Mar 1894
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Private, Leicestershire Regiment
Religion:Methodist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Burton Chronicle
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:33554
Source:George Adcock Weston
Editor:W. R. Weston
Title:Weston Papers, Book 1: 1914–1919: George Adcock Weston: Letters and Diaries
Place of Publication:Huddersfield
Date of Publication:2001
Vol:n/a
Page:57-8
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
George Adcock Weston, W. R. Weston (ed.), Weston Papers, Book 1: 1914–1919: George Adcock Weston: Letters and Diaries, (Huddersfield, 2001), p. 57-8, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33554, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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