Record Number: 10604
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Army officer: The first I heard of the invasion was when I was reading the papers in the mess after breakfast, when someone stuck his head round the door and said in a matter of fact voice - "well, they ve landed." People were interested, wanted more details? But didn't seem excited.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:6 Jun 1944
Country:England
Timemorning: Sunday morning
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Army officer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:newspaper
Genre:News
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:10604
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
File Report 2131, July 1944, THE INVASION OF FRANCE, p. 2, 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 October 9, 2007.
Citation:
File Report 2131, July 1944, THE INVASION OF FRANCE, p. 2, 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 Comments:
None