Record Number: 29749
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 2˝ 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.'
1900-1945
Date:Between 7 Jul 1934 and 19 Sep 1934
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:1887
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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
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 DetailsCarbon copies of typescript distributed to readers
Provenancereading group
Source Information:
Record ID:29749
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=29749, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
The reading took place while the reader was writing the report of the excursion which is the source for this record.
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).