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Record 30542

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Meeting held at “Oakdene” Northcourt Avenue. 27th Jan. 1945. S. A. Reynolds in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.

[...]

6. After adjourning for refreshments we listened to a miscellaneous selection of readings from books which members have recently read.
Muriel Stevens read from “From the Ends of the Earth” by Mary Trevelyan.
Howard Smith read from “Lovely is the Lee” by Robert Gibbings.
Mary Stansfield read from “The Short Journey” by E. L. Woodward.
Margaret Dilks read from “Night Thoughts of a Country Landlady” by Edith Olivier.
Bruce Dilks read from “Stargazer Talks” by Comdr. R. T. Gould.

[...]

[signed as a true record by] Howard R. Smith 21/2/1945


Meeting held at “Frensham”, Northcourt Avenue, 21st Feb ’45
Howard R. Smith in the chair

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.

[...]
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 27 Jan 1945
Country: England
Time: evening
Place: city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: Oakdene, Northcourt Avenue
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Howard Smith
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1880
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: n/a
Religion: Quaker or associated with the Friends
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Members of the XII Book Club
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Robert Gibbings
Title: Lovely is the Lee
Genre: Geography / Travel
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: First published London: Dent, 1944
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 30542  
  Source - Manuscript
  Author: Margaret Dilks
  Title: XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 5 (1944-1952)
  Location: private collection
  Call no: n/a
  Page/folio: 28–29

Citation: Margaret Dilks, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 5 (1944-1952) private collection, p. 28–29, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=30542, accessed: 18 May 2013

Additional comments:

Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php).

 

 

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