Record Number: 6633

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am reading a very thick fiction book, although we have to give them in by Monday. Dangerous!... We had a super day doing nothing! I read the whole time "My Brother Jonathon"'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 24 Jul 1943 and 25 Jul 1943

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Casterton School, nr. Kirkby Lonsdale

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Hilary Spalding

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

4 Sep 1927

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

daughter of manufacturer; later schoolmistress and Head of English

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:

Mrs Hilary Adams after marriage

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Francis Brett Young

Title:

My Brother Jonathon

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (institution library)
school library

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6633

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Hilary Spalding

Title:

MS Diary 1943

Location:

private collection of Mrs Hilary Adams

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

Diary entry for 24/25 July 1943

Citation:

Hilary Spalding, MS Diary 1943, private collection of Mrs Hilary Adams, n/a, n/a, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6633, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None