Record Number: 5015
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Methodist millworker Thomas Wood attended a school where there was only one book, the Bible, which was never read beyond the first chapter of St John. Therefore he later "read everythig I could lay hands on", which was precious little... He worked his way through most of the library at an independent Sunday school, and joined a mechanics' institute for 1 1/2d a week. His reading, though "very heterogenous" and undirected, could be quite intensive, as when he devoted almost a year to the six volumes of Rollin's Ancient History. That "left an impression on my mind which 40 years of wear and tear has not effaced".'
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Bingley
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:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1822
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:millworker
Religion:Methodist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Ancient History
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (institution library)
mechanics' institute library
Source Information:
Record ID:5015
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:372
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 372, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5015, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
See Thomas Wood "Methodism in Bingley Over 130 Years Ago", Keighley News (10 March 1956, 24 March 1956)
