Record Number: 4191
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Q: Did you have a regular newspaper in the family? A: We had the News of the World and People every Sunday. Q: Who read it? A: It was m'dad, he would read it from beginning to the end. Q: What about your mum? A: There used to be a paper called John Bull and we used to get that. I think it is called the Weekly News now. It went to Thomson's Weekly after that and then it went to the Weekly News. My dad had nowt else to do when he came home from work. I think we got the Post every night, ... Q: Did your mother ever read the newspaper or was it your dad mostly? A: It was my dad mostly. My mother used to like tuppeny novels.
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Preston
county: Lancashire
(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:n/a
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:News of the World
Genre:Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsweekly newspaper
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4191
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Social and Family life in Preston, 1890-1940, Elizabeth Roberts archive, University of Lancaster library, transcript of interview conducted in 1981, p.27. Interviewee: Mrs C5P, born 1919.
Additional Information:
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Citation:
Social and Family life in Preston, 1890-1940, Elizabeth Roberts archive, University of Lancaster library, transcript of interview conducted in 1981, p.27. Interviewee: Mrs C5P, born 1919., http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4191, accessed: 01 May 2025
Additional Comments:
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