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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'Fall of Wythschaete and Meteren. Back to our old line on the ridge. In bed all day. Gin and Kathleen and Cousin Aggie in afternoon. Read and smoked all day.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'To Cinema with girl in afternoon, quite good fun. Back at 6.15. Read and smoked and talked in evening.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Down town with Dad. Mess about on bike all day and read and smoked in garden. Leg rather sore.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Brian flew over. Kirk in p.m. I did not go as leg pretty sore. Read poems in afternoon, felt rotten at night.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'V quiet all day, rested leg. Read and sketched most of the time.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Sketched and read all day. Leg rather sore — did not dash about much.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1900-1945'Mowed lawn all morning with Dad. Then boked down town. Then biked round and round the lawn! ... Supper and after short stroll came back and finished "The Red Planet", pe...Guy Mainwaring Knocker Norman CrossThe Red Planet and Other PoemsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Uncle Jack came down for lunch. To dentist in afternoon. Read and smoked all day. Saw Uncle J. off. Read in evening.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read and looked at Joe's Bible after Kirk. Bed v.tired.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945'Better. Read a bit and smoked a bit. Head still bad. Bed all day.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Better. Read and wrote and smoked all day.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Discharged from Hospital. No word from the Air Board ... Swept paths etc and read and smoked. Chilly day rather. Mum bad gout in foot.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: BookUnknown
1900-1945'Read in afternoon and then clipped all the border for Dad. Pretty tiring work ... Bed at 12. Finished book "The Pendulum" — rather poor. Pretty tired.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker Elinor MordauntThe PendulumPrint: Book
1900-1945'Read and played croquet in evening.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Raining hard nearly all day. Down town with Mum in morning and then sat and read and smoked in front of fire.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'To King's funeral at noon [Alexander King-Clark, Knocker's brother-in-law, who had committed suicide]. R.I.P. he did his bit and I think it is for the best. Lunch at Wes...Guy Mainwaring Knocker Jeffery FarnolOur Admirable Betty: A RomancePrint: Book
1900-1945'I spent all the morning in my office in the barn at Battalion H.Q. writing up my official War Diary, writing a card home, reading the French Paper and doing some strengt...Thomas Stafford Wollocombe [French newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'Several French soldiers were reading newspapers. I asked one to get me one. He gave me his and when I offered him a "sou", there was a regular chorus from all his pals o...Thomas Stafford Wollocombe [French newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'I was very soon interrupted by a sergeant of the Royal Fusiliers, who brought me a message ... from their C.O. to ours. He stumbled over the pillow (the baggage end of m...Thomas Stafford Wollocombe [Hand-written communique]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945Meeting held at 72 Shinfield Road Monday 23rd Feb. 1942. A. G. Joselin in the Chair
1. Minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.		Margaret Dilks [unidentified acting secretary of the XII Book Club] Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 2...Manuscript: Notebook


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