Berliner Lautarchiv British & Commonwealth recordings

Maryhill, Lanarkshire

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  • Type

    sound

  • Duration

    00:03:09

  • Cultures

    English

  • Shelf mark

    C1315/1/639

  • Recording date

    1917-06-15

  • Is part of (Collection)

    Berliner Lautarchiv British & Commonwealth Recordings

  • Recording locations

    Quedlinburg, Germany

  • Producers

    Berliner Phonographische Kommission

  • Recordist

    Doegen, Wilhelm (male, recordist), Brandl, Alois (male, Professor of English)

  • Speakers

    Johnstone, John, b.1896 (male, accountant)

  • Description

    Speaker's note: Aged 21 from Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland. Born on 4 April 1896. Lived in Maryhill until the war. Educated at a boarding school in Glasgow. Father from Dumfrie and mother from Stirlingshire. Can read and write in English. Religion: protestant. Occupation: accountant (previously a clerk in a railway company). Item note: John reads the Parable of the Prodigal Son (taken from Luke chapter XV, verse 11-32).

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