Record Number: 14566
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'When I landed at Newhaven a few days ago, the first printed thing that caught my eye was a newspaper placard: "Vice in the Potteries: Shocking Details." It was a London newspaper. Soon afterwards I learnt about the "crusade" of the Honourable and Reverend Leonard Tyrwhitt.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Dec 1903 and 26 Dec 1903
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Newhaven
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:27 May 1867
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer/journalist/reviewer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Vice in the Potteries: Shocking Details
Genre:newspaper placard
Form of Text:Print: newspaper placard
Publication DetailsDecember, 1903
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:14566
Source:Arnold Bennett
Editor:James Hepburn
Title:Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915
Place of Publication:London: Oxford University Press
Date of Publication:1968
Vol:II
Page:183
Additional Comments:
In a letter from Bennet to the Staffordshire Sentinel, about 26 December, 1903 (editor's note) from 179 Waterloo Road, Burslem.
Citation:
Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915, (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 183, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14566, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None