Record Number: 4656

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"Jeremy would always have fond memories of the Grange during the war years - throwing wet mud at cloth-caped gardener Tom Houghton; sneaking into the kitchen to spirit away cook Lily Knight's pies; bouncing on the trampoline in the circus tent set up on nearby Balsall Common and listening to bedtime stories from his much-loved nanny, Ellen Clifford, who was to be with the family for 53 years."

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 4 Sep 1939 and 1 Aug 1945

Country:

England

Time

n/anight: At bedtime

Place:

city: Berkswell
county: Warwickshire
specific address: Berkswell Grange, Truggist Lane

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:

Reader:

Ellen Clifford

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Servant

Occupation:

Nanny

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

Jeremy Huggins (Jeremy Brett)

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Children's Lit

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4656

Source:

Print

Author:

Terry Manners

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Man Who Became Sherlock Holmes

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

n/a

Page:

10

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Terry Manners, The Man Who Became Sherlock Holmes, (London, 1997), p. 10, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4656, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None