Record Number: 10023

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Tries to read sports page, but ends up reading news. One girl does bad piece of work in mill. Immense black-out purchasing in town.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

2 Sep 1939

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

[newspaper]

Genre:

Politics, Sport / Leisure

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

10023

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Tom Harrisson and Charles Madge, 'War Begins at Home' (London, 1940), p. 37, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk

Additional Information:

MOO accessed August 25, 2007.

Citation:

Tom Harrisson and Charles Madge, 'War Begins at Home' (London, 1940), p. 37, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=10023, accessed: 30 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None