Evidence: | Schoolroom for boy prisoners at Tothill Fields:
'At the other end of the room the lads were making even greater havoc with the words; and though the lesson consisted of simple monosyllables, such as "The old man must be led by the hand, or he may fall into the deep pit", one half of the big boys, even those of sixteen, were unable to accomplish the task.' |
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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: | [school textbook] |
Genre: | Education, Textbook / self-education, Reference / General works |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) prison library |
Record ID: | 12432 | |
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=12432, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
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