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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'Friday, 25 June[.] Raining, and we are sheltering in dugouts in the trenches we are repairing. Been out six weeks now under shellfire more or less the whole time; to wor...William Fisher unknownUnknown
1900-1945'We were too busy at the counter to join ... the [church] service, but once I worked down in a lull and talked a bit to one lad who was quitely reading his Testament; but... The New TestamentPrint: Book
1900-1945'Monday. Morn. did little German. Aft. Read 5 ch. Matthew. 5 pm bath. 7-8 whist -2. Bought a bag 8½ Expected to leave Paderborn. Read a Tale of Two Cities (Dick)'William Thomas Gospel of MatthewPrint: Book
1900-1945'Saturday. Received a P.C. from joe James. Cold day. No parcel for me. Read "The Continental Times" Bundle of drivel lies. Did some French. Read The Cantonment...William Thomas Continental TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Read "Daily Mail Year Book".'William Thomas The Daily Mail Year BookPrint: Book
1900-1945'I went to town in the evening Jack in school brought budget home. I read a little after supper. Mother feeling very comfortable.'Anne Jenkins  Unknown
1900-1945'Jack read in the evening — I managed to get a look at the budget.'Anne Jenkins BudgetPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I read a little after supper also Gwen & Jack.'Anne Jenkins unknownUnknown
1900-1945'I plucked a couple of fowls Jack helped 1 for Miss Thomas Cambrian house another for brother John. I also read a little before retiring.'Anne Jenkins unknownUnknown
1900-1945'I felt too tired for much reading. Gwen did some sewing after supper.'Anne Jenkins unknownUnknown
1900-1945'Gwen's hand is improving. I applied some carbonate of soda to [indecipherable] having read about in a medical book.'Anne Jenkins unknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'I looked over the Budget before sending it away to India for Milly Jones.'Anne Jenkins BudgetPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I have the "Cambrian News" sent to me every week so I am able to read of the good work you and Friends are doing to Cheer up the Aber[ystwyth] Boys out here.' W. Joseph Cambrian NewsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'The night before the coming of the first parcel, I was reading the same news in the Aber papers: how that first this one and then that one had received parcels of cigare...E. C. Benson Cambrian NewsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'It may interest you to know that I have at last succeeded in meeting an Aber boy and one too whose name I note in the last issue of the Cambrian News acknowledging a gif...E. C. Benson Cambrian NewsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I am writing these few lines to let you know that I received your Cambrian News, and also the ciggarretes [sic], they went round to all the Aber boys, which they gratefu...Arthur Jones Cambrian NewsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'It makes me feel lonely at times when I read the letters in the Cam. News from some of the Aber. boys, as they all seem to have some Aber. boys with them but I'm on my o...Fred Hollin Cambrian NewsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I haven't meet [sic] any Aber Boys out here yet only A Potts of North Parade, & we were stationed in the same place for about 3 weeks & not knowing about him until I rec...Fred Hollin Cambrian NewsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'How sorry I was to learn through the Cambrian News of poor Lieut. Oswald Green's death, also Lieut. C. Ellis.'Robert Bevan Cambrian NewsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I see by the Camb. News that J. Thomas has received the D.C.M. + I hope there will be a few more Aber boys who ill come home with the same honour.'H. L. Powell Cambrian NewsPrint: Newspaper


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