Record Number: 30885
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Well I am getting on topping: today we have been on a brigade field day round a place called "The Devils Punch bowl" It's a piece of land about 3 miles round the top. The top is flat for about 3 yards and then slopes down to an awful depth. A sailor was murdered there in 1756, as he was going to Portsmouth by an highway man. They buried the sailor, and erected a stone telling all about the barborous murder. About 50 yards away there is a stone cross which the highwayman was hung on. The murdered sailor was a Witney man. On another old stone near our camp its got Portsmouth 33 miles, and Hyde Park Corner 36 miles, which shows that we are not so far from the seaside or London. It always seems curious to see such names on a mile stone.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Nov 1915
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Aldershot
county: Hampshire
(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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:22 Jun 1899
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Apprentice fitter; Private, King's Royal Rifles
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
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:unknown
Genre:Ephemera
Form of Text:Manuscript: Engraved stone.
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:30885
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Digitized version of manuscript letter, late 1915, http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/la/Doc/Lettemp7.html
Additional Information:
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Citation:
Digitized version of manuscript letter, late 1915, http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/la/Doc/Lettemp7.html, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30885, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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