Ben Turner et al. in Batley, Yorkshire - between 1900 and 1925
from About Myself, 1863–1930, page 54:
It is best to pay ready money-—to buy nothing on credit—but I shouldn’t have had a furnished house, when we begun housekeeping, if there hadn't been someone prepared to let me have credit. […] I shouldn’t have had a piano thirty years ago, if the credit system had not been in vogue. When it was bought I could just pay a pound down and then so much per week and missings, for with four … more >>
cite as
Ben Turner, About Myself, 1863–1930 (London, 1930), p. 54. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1654080414717 accessed: 10 September, 2024
Listeners
Ben Turner
journalist, millworker, politician (member of parliament 1922-24 and 1929-31), trade union organiser
1863-1942
Listening to
hide composersmusical evenings around the piano | performed by the Turner family |
Experience Information
Date/Time | between 1900 and 1925 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Wed, 01 Jun 2022 11:46:55 +0100
Approved on Thu, 16 Jun 2022 20:14:33 +0100