Record Number: 9959
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I'm getting on in age, I want light reading. You understand that, don't you? I don't want heavy reading. I don't want to study anything at my time of life. Perhaps I come in here two or three times a week. I'm a great reader.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1938 and 31 Dec 1939
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (agricultural)
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:[light readings]
Genre:Fiction, Biography, Geography / Travel, Sport / Leisure
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (public library)
Source Information:
Record ID:9959
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
'Mass-Observation's Weekly Intelligence Service' (London, 1940), p. 125, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk
Additional Information:
Mass Observation Online accessed 20 August 2007.
Citation:
'Mass-Observation's Weekly Intelligence Service' (London, 1940), p. 125, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk , http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9959, accessed: 09 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Metrop Public Libraries Report, 1938-39.