Record Number: 6872
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
?In one of my early schoolbooks, indeed, I had read "Lucy Gray" and "We are seven". The music of these simple lays had charmed my boyish fancy and lingered in my memory.?
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1840 and 31 Dec 1840
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: North Shields
county: Northumberland
(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:12 Nov 1837
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Pitman, later MP
Religion:Methodist
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:We are seven
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:6872
Source:Thomas Burt
Editor:n/a
Title:Thomas Burt, M. P., D. C. L., pitman & privy councillor : an autobiography
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1924
Vol:n/a
Page:146-7
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Burt, Thomas Burt, M. P., D. C. L., pitman & privy councillor : an autobiography, (London, 1924), p. 146-7, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6872, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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