Remarks on reading stories to younger siblings.Ġ0.09.30 Remarks on books read as child, adventure stories, Enid Blyton, getting books from library.Ġ0.10.00 Remarks on receiving annuals for Christmas, not receiving novels, enjoyment of reading all materials, joke about reading sauce bottles at table, not being allowed to read or talk at table as child.Ġ0.10.50Ĝomments on Enid Blyton, different world of Blyton books, adventures, liking living in cities, enjoyment of living in Roehampton.Ġ0.12.20Ĝomments on Fulham library, description of library, card index, desire to be shut in library overnight.Ġ0.13.20Ĝomments on unrestricted childhood reading, parents not looking at books read, reading in children’s section of library.Ġ0.13.50Ĝomments on few books in house, puzzles and games in house, family hobbies, grandparents/neighbours playing cards, mother playing cards after death of father.
Remarks on sisters’ reading, swapping books with sisters as adults, more time on retirement, remarks on brothers’ reading, brothers and sisters being scattered, not knowing about their reading habits.Ġ0.07.50Ĝomments on mother making sure children read, lack of memory of reading with mother. Below is a summary of the interview.Ġ0:00:00 Introduction to interview, discussion of interviewer’s own reading habits.Ġ0.02.20 Remarks on cutting down reading late into night/early hours of morning, not liking to miss out on daylight hours in winter.Ġ0.03.10Ĝomments on reading with children, reading while cooking, prioritising activities like housework, interruptions when reading.Ġ0.04.00Ĝomments on not watching TV/listening to radio at same time as reading, reading when family members watching TV.Ġ0.04.20 Remarks on being given into trouble for reading as child, strictness of father, disapproval of reading in bed, remarks on father reading newspapers, comments on mother not reading much.Ġ0.06.00Ĝomments on reading as form of escape, other members of family not reading much. In this interview, the following key themes are discussed: Reading, libraries, books, holidays, family, hobbies, education.
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