Virginia Woolf in London - 12 May, 1926
from The diary of Virginia Woolf. Vol.3, 1925-30, pages 84-85:
The Strike was settled about 1.15 - or it was then broadcast. I was in Tottenham Court Rd. at 1 & heard Bartholomew & Fletcher's megaphone declaim that the T.U.C. leaders were at Downing Street; came home to find that neither L. nor Nelly had heard this: 5 minutes later, the wireless. They told us to stand by & await important news. Then a piano played a tune. Then the solemn broadcaster assuming incredible pomp & gloom & speaking one word to the minute read out: Message from 10 Downing Street.
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Virginia Woolf, and Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The diary of Virginia Woolf. Vol.3, 1925-30 (Harmondsworth, 1982), p. 84. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1444735075197 accessed: 21 January, 2025
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Date/Time | 12 May, 1926 |
Medium | broadcast |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |
Originally submitted by Jo Reardon on Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:17:55 +0100
Approved on Sat, 19 Dec 2015 17:24:52 +0000