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Record Number: 5373


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"To the Editor, Dear Sir, I have just been looking through some Gazettes intending them for salvage, & came across a note about John Bedford Leno. I am sending to you this autobiography of him hoping it will be of some interest to you. It was given to my mother, Mrs Tucker, by Mrs Sophie Christian, who I think was his niece."

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Harefield
county: Middlesex
specific address: 264 Northwood Rd

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:

D Winwright

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Uxbridge Gazette

Genre:

Ephemera, Appeal for information about John Bedford Leno

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

5373

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

D Winwright

Title:

Letter to the Editor of the Gazette

Location:

Hillingdon Local Studies, Archives and Museum Service

Call No:

MUS CUP 1 Leno Massey Papers

Page/Folio:

loose

Additional Information:

This letter has at top LH corner the address Fairlight, 264, Northwood Road, Harefield, Middx, and at top RH date Dec 23rd [no year].

Citation:

D Winwright, Letter to the Editor of the Gazette, Hillingdon Local Studies, Archives and Museum Service, MUS CUP 1 Leno Massey Papers, loose, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5373, accessed: 18 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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