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Record Number: 4189


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

: 'Father and mother are sitting by the fire, the one reading the Evening News [Bolton?], the other mending stockings.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1874 and 31 Dec 1900

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Radcliffe
county: Lancashire
location in dwelling: Fireside

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:

Barlow

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Methodist

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:

[Bolton?] Evening News

Genre:

Ephemera, Local newspaper

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

4189

Source:

Print

Author:

Joseph Barlow Brooks

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Lancashire Bred: An autobiography

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1951

Vol:

n/a

Page:

109

Additional Comments:

Brooks was born in 1874.

Citation:

Joseph Barlow Brooks, Lancashire Bred: An autobiography, (Oxford, 1951), p. 109, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4189, accessed: 08 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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