Frank Goss in Derka Primary School, Oldham, Lancashire - 1907
from My Boyhood at the turn of the century, page 175:
Lessons were also given in the top standards in French and German [...] German was taken by the teacher of standard two—a Mr. Schultz. He embodied every characteristic which our somewhat insular imaginations then tended to associate with the German nation […] At our formation marching displays in the playground, he always appeared carrying a huge drum which he beat with two woolly-headed drum sticks. The drum was supported on his rotund stomach [.]
cite as
Frank Goss, My Boyhood at the turn of the century. In Brunel University Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiographies, number 2:331, p. 175. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1535647956833 accessed: 22 April, 2025
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Listening to
hide composers| unspecified drumming-- school drill | performed by Mr. Schultz |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 1907 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |
Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:52:37 +0100
Approved on Fri, 26 Oct 2018 17:06:28 +0100