Record Number: 30581
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 9th. July 1945
A. Bruce Dilks in the chair
[...]
2. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
[...]
4. A letter was read from our late Secretary Victor Alexander congratulating the
Club on reaching its 50th birthday and recalling some of its more distinguished
past members.
[...]
6. The rest of the evening took the form of a Brains Trust, with Bruce Dilks as
question master and all the members providing the brains. [...]
[...]
[signed as a true record by] Rosamund Wallis 24. 9. ’45. [at the club
meeting held at 64 Northcourt Avenue: see Minute Book, p. 41.]'
1900-1945
Date:9 Jul 1945
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: 39, Eastern 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:Female
Date of Birth:1912
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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 28 May 1945
Genre:Minutes
Form of Text:Manuscript: Notebook
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancereading group
Source Information:
Record ID:30581
Source:Manuscript
Author:Margaret Dilks
Title:XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 5 (1944-1952)
Location:private collection
Call No:n/a
Page/Folio:37–40
Additional Information:
Margaret Dilks was secretary to the XII Book Club from 1940 to 1970. It is inferred from this, and from the handwriting, that she was the author of this set of minutes.
Citation:
Margaret Dilks, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 5 (1944-1952), private collection, 37–40, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30581, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
It is assumed that it was Margaret Dilks, as secretary of the club, who read out the minutes of the previous meeting.
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).