Dora Hannan in Portsmouth - early 20th Century
from Those Happy Highways: an autobiography, page 23:
Along with other children in the road, we enjoyed elections, partly because it meant a holiday from school as the building was needed for the voting, and also it became very exciting, as, although we didn’t really understand what it was all about, we had our favourite candidate, often chosen because we liked his colours, much as in the same way that we hoped a certain college crew would win the boat race. We had a song which we sang at election times, and which, I suppose, was … more >>
Dora Hannan, Those Happy Highways: an autobiography. In Brunel University, The Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiographies, number 2:357, p. 23. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1527945464884 accessed: 8 September, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersElection-time singing | performed by Children |
Experience Information
Date/Time | early 20th Century |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others |