Record Number: 33670
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Young Corbishley's letter in the Advertiser was interesting about his march into Palestine. I wrote to Mr Corbishley a week or so back for the address of the ones out there. I must write to Mrs Davies the baker! I will send a PC of the place I now work in. We are allowed to do so, I believe. Have this last few days been reading a splendid book by Baroness Orczy, called "The Tangled Skein." If you come across it, read it. The boy at the piano is now playing an old Dreamy Waltz ...'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Apr 1917 and 3 Apr 1917
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Wimereux
county: Pas-de-Calais
specific address: Number 5 Convalescent Camp
(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:Male
Date of Birth:2 Oct 1887
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Private, Royal Army Medical Corps
Religion:Nonconformist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Ludlow Advertiser and Craven Arms Gazette
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:33670
Source:n/a
Editor:Lyn Dyson
Title:Uncle Tom's Letters: The Letters of Private Thomas Wainwright, 1914-1919
Place of Publication:[Great Britain]
Date of Publication:2013
Vol:n/a
Page:98-9
Additional Comments:
letter to Gladys Wainwright, 3 April 1917
Citation:
Lyn Dyson (ed.), Uncle Tom's Letters: The Letters of Private Thomas Wainwright, 1914-1919, ([Great Britain], 2013), p. 98-9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33670, accessed: 30 December 2024
Additional Comments:
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