Record Number: 29823
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue
19. II. 1935
Ethel Stevens in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read (by F. E. Pollard in the regretted absence of the Secretary), heard with
wonder and admiration, & approved.
[...]
4. Edgar B. Castle, passing over the the Garden of Eden owing to a dislike of snakes, the Roman
Empire from an unwillingness to feed the lions, & other intervening ages by reason of other
prejudices, took us to Reading in 2000 A.D. Our eyes opened & our mouths watered as we heard
of the beautiful, free, sober & happy borough to be, its advent due to the efforts of Mr Lloyd
George & the Old Boys of Leighton Park. [...]'
1900-1945
Date:19 Feb 1935
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: 30, Northcourt Avenue
(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:1897
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Schoolmaster, Headmaster of Leighton Park; subsequently Professor of Education at Hull, then Visiting Professor at Makerere
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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[A paper on the desirability of living in Reading in 2000 A.D.]
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Utopias, Futurology
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:29823
Source:Manuscript
Author:n/a
Title:XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938)
Location:private collection
Call No:n/a
Page/Folio:130–132
Additional Information:
Author of this set of minutes unidentified, but perhaps Francis E. Pollard, who read out the minutes of the previous meeting.
Citation:
XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938), private collection, 130–132, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29823, 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).