QuoteReplyTopic: The Black Velvet Band Posted: 24-Jan-2014 at 03:45
Originally posted by Nick1986
Which town did the apprentice originally come from? Different variants have his birthplace as London, Brockton, Belfast, Dublin, Halstead, Barking and Hampshire
It happened in Belfast. Van Diemans Land (Tasmania) was a British Penal Colony to which a lot of Irish were transported.
When Millbank prison was built in 1816, it was intended to reform prisoners rather than simply keep them isolated from society. However, due to overcrowding the prison became a holding pen for convicts transported to Australia. Conditions inside were unpleasant: there was flooding, disease and infestations of rats
Very rude pre ancestor of automotive car washing machine!British Empire have not wasted material and time:Old colonist's ships were used as prisons.Had they anchored on open sea,convicts would not be run away?
To prevent disease convicts had their heads shaved and were given regular baths in freezing salt water all year round. This prisoner is being scrubbed with a yard brush
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