Record Number: 29748

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The Excursion – Saturday 7th July.

Plans laid for our entertainment led to a delightful outing.

Ufton Court proved a most interesting + even thrilling adventure with its secret panels, priests’ holes and treasure hidey places. [...]

In the course of a happily chosen route through what I should like to describe as Newcomers to Reading scenery we halted at Kingsclere Church + there for the first time many of us saw a race horse in a stained glass church window. On looking at the type-written programme of our way I see we passed other spots with alluring names ‘Round Oak’, the Falcon, the Pineapple, the Ship, the Bolton Arms but no stops were permitted at any of these, and as official programmes were only issued to actual drivers of cars, our passengers were brought safely through in blissful ignorance of the potency of Berkshire welcome. [...]

The official route is appended.


[The typescript of the itinerary, with handwritten title, is pasted into the minutebook and reads as follows.]

Excursion to Ufton Court

Proceed to "Three Firs", Burghfield, take road towards "Round Oak", taking 2nd on right and twice bear left to Ufton Court.

Return same road and proceed to "Round Oak", and forward to Kingsclere via "Falcon", "Pineapple" and "Ship".

If time allows, pause Kingsclere for short visit to Church.

Leave Kingsclere by Overton road, bear right "Bolton Arms" and soon after sharp left on Sydmonton road. After 2½ miles turn sharp left at 4 X roads for Overton uphill to Supper site.

Return by same road to Kingsclere, there bear right for Basingstoke and thence to Reading.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

7 Jul 1934

Country:

England

Time

evening
daytime

Place:

city
county: Berkshire
other location: Various cars making an excursion from Reading to Ufton Court and back

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:

Reading Group:

Driving members of the XII Book Club

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

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 the XII Book Club

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

[Unknown member of XII Book Club]

Title:

Excursion to Ufton Court

Genre:

Geography / Travel, Sport / Leisure, Itinerary, Driving directions

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet

Publication Details

Carbon copies of typescript distributed to readers

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29748

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Victor Alexander

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938)

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

107–108

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938), private collection, 107–108, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29748, accessed: 24 November 2024

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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).