Record Number: 29345
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Meeting held at School House
3/12/29
T. C. Elliott in the chair
1. Minutes of last Meeting read and approved
[...]
5. The subject of the evening Ghost Stories was then taken
H. R. Smith read an account written by Clarkson Wallis of a ghost appearing in Brighton
Meeting.
Geo Burrows read a Newcastle Ghost story
Miss Brain read of the Ghost of Southcote Manor & Mrs Elliott read of Mrs S. The Morton
Ghost.
C. E. Stansfield read an essay on the subject especially with reference to the work of the
Physchical [sic]
Research Society thereafter he and H. R. Smith told a story apiece.'
1900-1945
Date:3 Dec 1929
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: School House, Leighton Park School
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1860
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Quaker or associated with the Friends
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
members of XII Book Club
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[An account of a ghost appearing at the Brighton Meeting of the Society of Friends]
Genre:Other religious, Essays / Criticism, Astrology / alchemy / occult, Documentary
Form of Text:Manuscript: NotebookUnknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:29345
Source:Manuscript
Author:Howard Smith
Title:XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31)
Location:private collection
Call No:n/a
Page/Folio:196
Additional Information:
Howard Smith was secretary to the XII Book Club 1923-1931. It is inferred from this, and from the handwriting, that he was the author of this set of minutes.
Citation:
Howard Smith, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31), private collection, 196, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29345, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php).