Record Number: 16584

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'All the mob of Potton made a great riot to celebrate the passing of the Reform Bill, and paraded the town with the most hideous yells, accompanying a triumphal car in the shape of a waggon completely covered with fresh boughs and bearing flags. They had also with them a band and three large flags bearing the following inscriptions: 'EARL GREY AND HIS COLLEAGUES', 'TAVISTOCK AND PAYNE FOR EVER', 'EARL GREY AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY', 'W.R. IV AND REFORM'. [...] The procession took place late in the evening; the band entered our garden and played several tunes, while the flags were all the while waving before the windows.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

15 Jun 1832

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Potton
county: Bedfordshire
other location: Parent's home

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:

Emily Shore

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

25 Dec 1819

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Child of schoolteacher father and author mother

Occupation:

child

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Ephemera, Flag celebrating reform

Form of Text:

Print: flags

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
Seen through window

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16584

Source:

Print

Author:

Shore Emily

Editor:

Barbara Timm-Gates

Title:

Journal of Emily Shore

Place of Publication:

Chrlottesville and London

Date of Publication:

1991

Vol:

n/a

Page:

15

Additional Comments:

Reprint (with some additional material) of 1891 edition of Shore's journal.

Citation:

Shore Emily, Barbara Timm-Gates (ed.), Journal of Emily Shore, (Chrlottesville and London, 1991), p. 15, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16584, accessed: 27 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

From an edited diary. Presumably Shore witnessed these events with other members of her family.