Record Number: 29451

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue    28th October 1930
C.E. Stansfield in the chair
1. Minutes of last time read and approved
[...]
3. For the next meeting the Club accepted the kind offer of hospitality made by Mrs Castle when the meeting would vote in new Books, the following to act as a committee [...] E. B. Castle Miss Brain and H. R. Smith.
4 For the following meeting it was decided to have a symposium with E. B. Castle R. H. Robson and V. W. Alexander as a Committee. The Club accepted the kind offer of hospitality made by Miss E. C. Stevens.
5 The Books were then auctioned by the Secretary as list overleaf.
6 After refreshments the Club settled down with many giggles to a general Knowlege paper attached, For (the answering of) which 40 minutes was allowed. The correction of the papers caused much discussion & amusement The total of marks gainable was 85 & Mr Mitchell a visitor[?] came out first with 43 H.M. Wallis came next with 39 1/2 & E B Castle third with 38 1/2. Mrs Alexander proved herself the leading lady with a score of 31.

Result of Book Auction 28/10/30
High Wind in Jamaica    H. M. Wallis 5/-
Henry the VIIIth    V. W. Alexander    8/6
Alice Meynell    Miss E. C. Stevens    8/6
Tarka the Otter    Geo Burrow    3/6
English Tradition in Education    E. B. Castle 8/-
Magellan    do    7/3
Studies in Literature    Miss D. Brain    6/9
Peep Show of the Port of London    S. A. Reynolds    6/-
[?] Around us    C. E. Stansfield    10/6
C. E. Montague    H. M. Wallis    8/9
Waters of Africa    Mrs Alexander    6/6
Good Companion    Mrs D. Brain    7/9
[total]        4/7/-
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Century:

1900-1945

Date:

28 Oct 1930

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: 70 Northcourt Avenue

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Unidentified members/guests of the XII Book Club

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

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

members of XII Book Club

Additional Comments:

Readers of the quiz paper who can be identified from the minutes (which do not explicitly list members present) have been given their own entries

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[General knowledge quiz paper]

Genre:

Quiz paper

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet, Two sheets of carbon copy typescript

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

reading group

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29451

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Howard Smith

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31)

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

208–210

Additional Information:

Howard Smith was secretary to the XII Book Club 1923-1931. It is inferred from this, and from the handwriting, that he was the author of this set of minutes.

Citation:

Howard Smith, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31), private collection, 208–210, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29451, accessed: 17 May 2024

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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). A copy of the quiz paper itself is pasted into the minute book.