Record Number: 33459
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The Front Line book has just been issued, and we are all reading it. Managed to snaffle Mr Hillyard's copy before he had seen it himself, and have wept many tears this week-end over all the sufferings and heroism.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 5 Dec 1942 and 6 Dec 1942
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
county: Middlesex
specific address: 79 Ladbroke Road
(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:Female
Date of Birth:1 Jan 1901
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Social worker
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Front Line 1940-41: The Official Story of the Civil Defence of Britain
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: HMSO, 1942
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
Source Information:
Record ID:33459
Source:Vere Hodgson
Editor:n/a
Title:Few Eggs and No Oranges: A Diary Showing how Unimportant People in London and Birmingham Lived through the War Years, 1940-45, Written in the Notting Hill Area of London
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1999
Vol:n/a
Page:335
Additional Comments:
This book is also referred to on p 5.
Citation:
Vere Hodgson, Few Eggs and No Oranges: A Diary Showing how Unimportant People in London and Birmingham Lived through the War Years, 1940-45, Written in the Notting Hill Area of London, (London, 1999), p. 335, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33459, accessed: 26 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None