Evidence: | Schoolroom for boy prisoners at Tothill Fields:
'At the time of our entry, the warder schoolmaster was hearing the boys read aloud from the Bible, the class standing in a line near the wall, each with a book in his hand. Some of the lads read quickly, and others boggled sadly over the words, as, for instance - "And into whatsoever 'ouse ye enter" - ("Look at it, boy! don't you see there's an h to the word?" cries the warder) - "And into whatsoever house ye enter fust" - ("How often am I to tell you that there's no such word as fust? Spell it") - "f-i-r-s-t", proceeds the lad, "say ye peace be unto this 'ouse" - (What! 'ouse again?") - "house", quickly adds the youngster. The next verse was read off rapidly and glibly enough, by one who seemed but half the age of the other...' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1860 and 31 Dec 1862 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Tothill Fields Prison other location: in the schoolroom |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reading Group: | boys in prison |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | prisoners |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
juvenile prisoners and schoolmaster |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [n/a] |
Title: | Bible |
Genre: | Bible |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) prison library |
Record ID: | 12431 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Henry Mayhew | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Criminal Prisons of London | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1862 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 430 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Henry Mayhew, The Criminal Prisons of London (London, 1862), p. 430, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12431, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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