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Stories from a nineteenth-century prison. Category Archives: Five Boys. July 27, 2014. Will you not be glad to go out? Thursday 30 January 1840 Somberly, Miss Martin calls the two little boys to her. Tomorrow their thirty day sentence will be up and they will leave her charge. Since their boisterous cellmates departed last weekend, the hours have slipped by slowly without incident. The Gaoler has not been required to reprimand the young boys who […]. Read More ». July 20, 2014. Read More ». June 21, 2014.
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May | 2014 | Conviction
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Stories from a nineteenth-century prison. Monthly Archives: May 2014. May 18, 2014. 20 January 1840 The five boys in the House of Correction are approaching the end of their month-long sentence but, despite the prison visitor’s efforts, their behaviour is still volatile. Sarah Martin can only spend an hour or so with them each day and hope the books and sewing she brings them will keep her […]. Read More ». Plain work and stolen finery. Have mercy on your dear child. Reading between the Lines. Reclaiming...
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March | 2014 | Conviction
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Stories from a nineteenth-century prison. Monthly Archives: March 2014. March 24, 2014. The boys have served more than half their sentences. Less than a fortnight to go. Today they work doggedly on their reading and spelling for over two and a half hours. The teacher is delighted. Since they are keeping to her Rules, she will stay true to her promise and let each boy begin making […]. Read More ». March 16, 2014. Read More ». March 9, 2014. The Prisoner’s Tears. Read More ». Plain work and stolen finery.
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Departure | Conviction
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Stories from a nineteenth-century prison. July 20, 2014. Friday 24 January 1840. But the boys know the script and chant back her Rules. Walter Tunmore is eager to make amends, having disappointed the teacher by failing to repeat his Bible verse; ‘not perfect’ she has written against his name. Her most trying scholar, Walter leads the chorus and the others join in unison, We must not swear We must not thieve We must not lie We must not break the Sabbath. Great Yarmouth, A Row. Lantern slide, 18–? Obedient...
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Tattooing in Gaol | Conviction
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Stories from a nineteenth-century prison. November 15, 2013. William Abbott’s tattoo, 1 month for assaulting policeman, 7 February 1850. Tattooing or marking or pricking as it was known before the late nineteenth century was an amateur form of self-fashioning. It was not until the 1860s and 70s that professional tattooists began to set up in business, using standard designs or ‘flashes’. [ii]. Thomas Farrell’s tattoos. Remanded 22 October 1842, suspected of attempting to rob a shop. In 1844 another group...
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Creative History | Conviction
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Stories from a nineteenth-century prison. Category Archives: Creative History. August 24, 2014. Blogging Our Criminal Past, part 3: Public and Creative History. By blogging for a public audience, historians of crime are contributing to popular representations of the ‘criminal’ past, from the many websites, dramas and ‘true crime’ books devoted to notorious cases and neighbourhoods, to the discovery of criminal ancestors in shows like Who Do You Think Your Are? Read More ». August 21, 2014. August 5, 2014.
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Stories from a nineteenth-century prison. December 2, 2015. Reading between the Lines. 3 December 1839 ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven’. John King is chanting a verse from Matthew 5. His words disappear into the drone of a dozen boys and men, as the prisoners mumble their lines, heads bent over passages copied for them in the teacher’s careful letters. […]. Read More ». October 16, 2014. Convict Lads 1836-46: Friendship and Survival. Read More ». On Grey Cotton Shirts.
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“Will you not be glad to go out?” | Conviction
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Stories from a nineteenth-century prison. Will you not be glad to go out? July 27, 2014. Thursday 30 January 1840. They bow their heads as Sarah Martin delivers her parting sermon. They know the drill. Last Friday they chimed in with the elder boys to chant the Rules. The teacher is determined they will follow. But now her eyes are on them. Will you be glad to leave the jail? She asks. Yes blurts out Walter Layton, breaking into a smile. And will you be glad too Patterson? And pick up their pencils to co...
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Conviction | stories from a nineteenth-century prison | Page 2
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Stories from a nineteenth-century prison. July 20, 2014. Friday 24 January 1840 Tomorrow William Hickling, Walter Tunmore and Robert Harrod will leave the prison. Miss Martin meets them for their final exhortation before departure. How are you to conduct yourselves so that when you meet me I may not feel ashamed to speak to you , she asks. It’s a telling question. Shaming is […]. Read More ». June 21, 2014. We need to talk about Walter. Read More ». June 6, 2014. And have you brought the combs? The boys ...