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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'Cummings in for dinner and another from No 1 [squadron]. Read and talked ... after dinner. Bed at 11 — slept excellently.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Brekker in bed: Up on patrol at 10 am v.thick, line patrol. Got lost ... Back after lunch. Thick as pea soup! Nearly lost. Bridge in evening. Lost 3 fr. Bed early, read ...Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Strong [westerly] wind ... in morning. 3 E.A. [enemy aircraft] seen which hove off at once — both my guns froze up hard.
Read in afternoon and evening.'		Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Thanks most awfully for the topping parcel of Xmas things. The pipe's ripping & so are the cigarettes & I am sure the books will be most interesting.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Bed at 12. Read and smoked till then. Very cold — frozen in bed. "B" Flt came back from break.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Up for early show ... Started to snow and carried on nearly all day! No patrols; did nothing except read and smoke.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read and wrote letters in the afternoon. Got 3 parcels for Xmas. To Church in evening and stayed to H.C. very nice service. Tender driven into ditch on way back — bitter...Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'To tea with No 1 [squadron]. The Hun [i.e., the aircraft shot down by the squadron in the morning's engagement] fought jolly well and was Lt Voss who had got 17 of our m...Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Brekker in bed! Bon! Up at 11.30 — down town and bought some things. Read and drew in the afternoon. To dance at Dr Lawrie's in evening: 8.30 to 1.45. Quite bon show. My...Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'To see "Ching Lee Soo" with whole family at 6 p.m. Very bon show. Read and wrote letters after dinner. Gally in to dine. Raining.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Tea with the Wilkinsons ... pretty appalling! Not to Church in evening. Read and had prayers.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Got C.O.'s car at Omer at 10.30. Arrived 65 at 12.30, foggy. Patrol out but got lost. Shanks & Kennedy crashed. OK.
Read in afternoon and played new records. Down ...		Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Foggy all day. Down for patrol but no bon. Read in Mess all day. Wrote letters. Beastly cold.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Dud all day. No flying ... Did nothing, but read and smoke. Bed early.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Dud for patrols all day. Wind and low clouds. Read and smoked. 15 guests for dinner! Cinema after. I read and stayed in Peacock's room. Bed early.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'High wind and low clouds. No patrols at all. Rugger v Australian team in afternoon. Won 7–6. Ripping game. Read and wrote letters in evening.' Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Read and played bridge in evening. Lost 18 fr. Beastly cold, no patrol.' Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Read and smoked (beaucoup) in evening. Bed at 11.00.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Dud and no patrols all day. Read and smoked. Dinner in Pop. [Poperinge] with Jack.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Too dud for O.P.'s. Did reserve patrol in afternoon. Went up to Belgian aerodrome to see the [captured German] Gotha [bomber].
Church in morning. Read in evening.'		Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown


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