Record Number: 31363
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'One young man, a collier . . . was seen reading the war news to a group of men just up out of the pit. The newspaper had been passed on by a friend in the incoming shift. [The reader was then interviewed, and explained how he had learned to read after leaving school] My father was gone on papers and books, and his eyesight failed him. So he thought, as I had been those years in school, I ought to read a bit to him — and I couldn't . . . But somehow, by trying to read to him, I came across little bits which made me interested, and I took to the newspapers in the end. The more I got on the more interested I was, and I got hold of an old 'Robinson Crusoe' — I was nineteen when I read 'Robinson Crusoe'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1899 and 1900
Country:Wales
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:n/a
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:Collier
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Wales
Country of Experience:Wales
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Robinson Crusoe
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:31363
Source:n/a
Editor:n/a
Title:Western Mail (Cardiff)
Place of Publication:Cardiff
Date of Publication:7 June 1900
Vol:n/a
Page:n/a
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Western Mail (Cardiff), (Cardiff, 7 June 1900), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31363, accessed: 22 December 2024
Additional Comments:
This evidence comes from an article entitled 'Bad Training for Children', printed in the Western Mail (Cardiff), 7 June 1900.
