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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
 
1600-1699'and in the afternone I went to priuatt prairs and readinge'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and at night returned to priuat readinge and praier'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and towardes night I went to priuatt readinge and praier'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and after they were gone I retourned to Readinge and priuat praier'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and after went to priuatt praier and readinge'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'towardes Night I went to priuatt praier and readinge'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and after I had praied I went to readinge'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'at Night I went to priuatt readinge and praier'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and towardes night went to priuatt readinge and praier'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'priuat Readinge'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'During the daytime I could not gain sufficient solitude for reading my little story books and was obliged to use the only secure retreat - the long, narrow, WC. In much ...Zoe Procter [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Early in 1888 my grandmother was taken ill, and my sister Mary and I went daily to Albert Hall Mansions to help my eldest sister and do errands for her. I spent many hou...Zoe Procter [unknown][nineteenth-century poets]Print: Book
1850-1899'I kept my hours conscientiously, but when I had no work to do I read continuously. I read parts of "The Times", the "Standard" and the "Morning Post" ever day. The theat...Zoe Procter [unknown]Girls' Own PaperPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Notice over the bakery - "Wedding Cakes A Speciality"'Thomas Kitching [unknown][sign]Manuscript: Graffito
1900-1945'I find a copy of the "Prison Regulations" for December 1938: European rations total over three pounds daily and Japanese 2lbs 10oz. I give this in to the Committee as ev...Thomas Kitching [unknown]Prison RegulationsPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'I get a library book, "Dandelion Days". Written on the back cover is an extraordinary message deated 15.1.42 at the General Hopsital, thus: "23.25 - what the hell has th...Thomas Kitching [unknown][marginalia in Dandelion Days]Manuscript: Graffito
1900-1945'I start making star charts and revising my geographical knowledge generally with the aid of a very good atlas - the Oxford Advanced - borrowed from Bayley'Thomas Kitching [unknown]Oxford Advanced AtlasPrint: Book
1900-1945'A notice appears on the board: "The Indian policemen on duty are Japanese subjects and you must obey them as you do the Japanese sentries. If internees do not bow to Ind...Thomas Kitching [unknown][notice]Unknown
1900-1945'The B-Block strip of grass between the high wall and the passage is now open. It is to be a haven of peace for readers and others. There is to be no talking. So there is...Thomas Kitching [unknown][notice]Unknown
1900-1945'A quotation from a book I am reading says: "The only way to waste time is not to enjoy it." How one realises that as an internee!'Thomas Kitching [unknown][unknown]Print: Book


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