Record Number: 31183

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I knew that enlistment in the Navy was out of the question, because I had not the faintest hope of passing the eyesight test ... At last, while I was still itching with restlessless, I heard that there was a dearth of wireless operators in the Merchant Service ... I bought Hawkhead's text-book—in those days the classic of wireless telegraphy—and studied it industriously.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1914

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Desmond Malone

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1898

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Clerk

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Clayborough Hawkshead

Title:

Handbook of Technical Instruction for Wireless Telegraphists

Genre:

Textbook / self-education

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31183

Source:

Print

Author:

Desmond Malone

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Last Landfall

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1936

Vol:

n/a

Page:

124-25

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Desmond Malone, The Last Landfall, (London, 1936), p. 124-25, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31183, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None