Priscilla Moody et al. in Portsmouth - between late 19th Century and mid 20th Century

from The memoirs of Alice Maud Chase, pages 52-53:

I could not or I would not learn to play the piano. St Cecilia never smiled upon my Natal Day. [My sister] Ruby put me so much in the shade, I did not dare to venture. But I could sing. I could always sing. Even my father acknowledged that fact. Sometimes he took one of us to chapel with him and once I heard my mother ask him, “Which one will you take this morning?” and he answered, “I’ll take the …   more >>

cite as

Alice Maud Chase, The memoirs of Alice Maud Chase. In Brunel University Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiographies, number 1:141, p. 52-53. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1529476546953 accessed: 3 December, 2024

location of experience: Portsmouth

Listeners

Priscilla Moody
1854-1938
Reuben Moody
Builder, Timber merchant
1827-1921

Listening to

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Unspecified songs performed by Alice Maud Chase
'There's a Friend for Little Children'
written by Sir John Stainer
performed by Alice Maud Chase

Experience Information

Date/Time between late 19th Century and mid 20th Century
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors, in public, solitary

Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Wed, 20 Jun 2018 07:35:47 +0100
Approved on Tue, 07 Aug 2018 17:07:29 +0100