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Record Number: 32818


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'What with slumber, sandwiches and a copy of the Scotsman secured by the canny guard of our train from one proceeding in the contrary direction�the trains were apparently stopped opposite one another for this very purpose�the day passed placidly.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

30 Jun 1916

Country:

Scotland

Time

daytime

Place:

city: Perth
other location: On-board train

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:

Philip Thomas Byard Clayton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

12 Dec 1885

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Chaplain Fourth Class, 16th Infantry Brigade

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

Australia

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Scotsman

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

32818

Source:

Print

Author:

P. B. Clayton

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Letters From Flanders: Some War-Time Letters of the Rev. P. B. Clayton (Tubby) to His Mother

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1933

Vol:

n/a

Page:

73

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

P. B. Clayton, Letters From Flanders: Some War-Time Letters of the Rev. P. B. Clayton (Tubby) to His Mother, (London, 1933), p. 73, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32818, accessed: 04 February 2026


Additional Comments:

None