Record Number: 4230
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'When, during the 1926 miners' strike, [G.A.W. Tomlinson] read 'The Charge of the Light Brigade', an obvious political message "crashed into my mind, mixing together the soldiers of the poem and the men of the pits, I was terribly excited. Why hadn't all the clever people found this out?".'
Century:1900-1945
Date:1926
Country:England
Timedaytime: at weekends
Place:county: Nottinghamshire
other location: down coal pit, half a mile underground
(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:1906
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:collier
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:The Charge of the Light Brigade
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4230
Source:Jonathan Rose
Editor:n/a
Title:The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
Vol:n/a
Page:242
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 242, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4230, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
See G.A.W. Tomlinson, 'Coal-Miner', pp119-20. No further reference traceable in Rose.