the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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people gathered near the Eros statue : [news running on electric signboard]

'The steps around Eros statue are filled with an excited crowd, coster's barrows stand around selling fruit, chocolate, etc. Hot chestnuts, roasted potatoes and peanuts are selling fast. It is 1 a.m. and most of the roadway is filled with people who read aloud the slowly spelled news reports on the running electric signboard over the end of Glasshouse Street.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: people gathered near the Eros statue     Print: electric signboard with scrolling text

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