Record Number: 12473
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'18th February, Thursday. The packet steamed into the harbour backwards. Another rush across the quay and through the Customs Shed ? pas d?emb?tements ? and, having found and bagged our sets, we had a twenty minutes stroll on the platform. And oh, the fun of it! Listening to the talking and shouting in French, reading the notices and advertisements, noticing again the queer lowness of the platforms and the two or three steps up to the train. Then away to Paris through the flats of the Pas de Calais.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:18 Feb 1927
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Calais
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:16 Jun 1903
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Coffee then Cocoa broker, working for Unilever - United Africa Company
Religion:none
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Advertisements in French
Genre:advertisements
Form of Text:Print: Advertisement
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:12473
Source:Manuscript
Author:Gerald Moore
Title:MS Diary 1927
Location:Private Collection
Call No:MS Diary 1927
Page/Folio:n/a
Additional Information:
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Citation:
Gerald Moore, MS Diary 1927, Private Collection, MS Diary 1927, n/a, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12473, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
This material Copyright Andrew Neill Vanson Moore, and Shirley Frances Gould-Smith.