Record Number: 5129
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"Anthony Errington, a Tyneside wagonway wright, sat down in 1823 to write out his life history ... After brief accounts of his parents and his infancy, he turned to his education: "'I Closely attended school to read ... haveing bean one month at school, at diner time I went into the Church yard to read the grave stones.'"
Century:1700-1799, 1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place:other location: churchyard
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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
wagonway wright
school pupil
Religion:n/a
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:n/a
Genre:Unknown, Inscriptions on grave stones
Form of Text:Print: tombstone epitaphs
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:5129
Source:David Vincent
Editor:n/a
Title:The Rise of Mass Literacy: Reading and Writing in Moderrn Europe
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:n/a
Page:27
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
David Vincent, The Rise of Mass Literacy: Reading and Writing in Moderrn Europe, (Oxford, 2000), p. 27, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5129, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from A. Errington, Coals on Rails, ed. P. E. H. Hair (Liverpool, 1988) 31-2.