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A penny reading for the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot at Aldershot, 1871

The penny reading was a form of popular public entertainment that arose in the United Kingdom in the middle of the 19th century, consisting of readings and other performances, for which the admission charged was one penny.[1]

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