Record Number: 30410
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Interview with a execution broadsheet seller visiting poor villages in Norfolk: 'Not long after Rush was hung, he saw, one evening after dark, through the uncurtained cottage window, eleven persons, young and old, gathered round a scanty fire, which was made to blaze by being fed with a few sticks. An old man was reading, to an attentive audience, a broad-sheet of Rush's execution, which my informant had sold to him; he read by the fire-light; for the very poor in those villages, I was told, rarely lighted a candle on a spring evening...'
Century:1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date:Country:
England
Timeevening
Place:county: Norfolk
location in dwelling: by the fireside
(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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (agricultural)
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[broadsheet of Rush's execution]
Genre:Law, Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Broadsheet
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:30410
Source:Henry Mayhew
Editor:n/a
Title:London Labour and the London Poor
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1861-2
Vol:1
Page:281
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, (London, 1861-2), 1, p. 281, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30410, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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