George Gregory in Radstock, near Bath - early 20th Century, at night
from Untitled: George Gregory memoir, page 62:
Our greatest problem was to find a way to make our winter evenings pleasant, for we lived in semi-darkness during the day, having only the light from a tallow candle, and it could be dark on the surface after we had had a meal, and made ourselves clean; and there were five more hours before bed-time […] There were special treats occasionally when the round-a-bouts came for a week, or a menagerie or circus. Even so, we did not have much cash to spend on… more >>
cite as
George Gregory, Untitled: George Gregory memoir. In Brunel University Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiographies, number 1:283, p. 62. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1536229344233 accessed: 1 September, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
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Unspecified instrumental music | performed by The Gregory Family |
Experience Information
Date/Time | early 20th Century, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors, outdoors, in public |
Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Thu, 06 Sep 2018 11:22:26 +0100
Approved on Sat, 27 Oct 2018 13:11:09 +0100