Record Number: 16880

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Hundreds of men and women were standing on the stairs leading to the basement. They read newspapers, they chatted, they seemed strangely amiable.... I sat beside two workmen who swallowed food and news simultaneously (steamed ginger pudding, the "Daily Herald" and the "Daily Express").'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

26 Feb 1943

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:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

workman

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

workman in restaurant

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Daily Herald

Genre:

news

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16880

Source:

Print

Author:

Jenny Hartley

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Hearts Undefeated: Women's Writing of the Second World War

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1999

Vol:

n/a

Page:

199-200

Additional Comments:

From Winnifred Williams, 'Northern City at Noon', "Time and Tide, 24 October 1942.

Citation:

Jenny Hartley, Hearts Undefeated: Women's Writing of the Second World War, (London, 1999), p. 199-200, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16880, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None