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Courtesy David Perdue's Dickens Pagehttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sdc10420.jpgSolitary cell, Tolhouse prison, Great Yarmouth2014-08-24T12:42:10+00:00monthlyhttps://convictionblog.com/2014/01/05/trouble-in-the-family/https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hand-dressing-hemp.jpghand dressing hempHand dressing hemp for rope, The Museum Of Knots & Sailor's Ropeworkhttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sailors-1909.jpgsailors 1909Shipwrecked sailors, Great Yarmouth Sailors' Home, 1909https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/indenture.jpgindentureApprenticeship Indenture paper for Cyril Yallop, Great Yarmouthhttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gaolcells.jpggaolcellsUnderground cells, Tolhouse, Great Yarmouth Borough Gaolhttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/casual-wards-1887-detail.jpgcasual wards 1887 detailLuke Fildes, Houseless and Hungry, Graphic, 4 December 18692014-08-24T12:41:51+00:00monthlyhttps://convictionblog.com/2014/01/06/not-forced-to-learn/https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sarah-trimmer-a-bad-boy.pngsarah trimmer a bad boyhttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/charity-school-spelling-book.pngcharity school spelling bookhttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sarah-martin-preaching3.jpgsarah martin preachinghttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sarah-martin-preaching2.jpgsarah martin preaching2014-08-24T12:41:39+00:00monthlyhttps://convictionblog.com/2014/01/15/them-two-boys-have-been-shut-up-in-the-cell/https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/coldbath-house-of-correction-prisoners-reading-in-dorm.jpgcoldbath house of correction prisoners reading in dormhttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/separate-cell-mayhew-and-binney.jpgseparate cell mayhew and binneySeparate cellhttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/oliver_twist_08-boys-messing-with-oliver.jpgOliver_Twist_08 boys messing with oliverDetail from George Cruikshank’s illustration for original serialisation of Oliver Twist (1837-9). Courtesy David Perdue’s Dickens Page2014-08-24T12:41:26+00:00monthlyhttps://convictionblog.com/2014/01/19/they-always-ask-to-have-the-little-books/https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/little-chimney-sweeper-cropped-hcs7.jpgLittle Chimney Sweeper cropped HCS7https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hcs8.jpgHCS8https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hcs7.jpgHCS7https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hcs1.jpgHCS1The Honest Chimney Sweeper, c. Bodleian Library, Oxford2014-08-24T12:41:17+00:00monthlyhttps://convictionblog.com/2014/01/24/making-their-mark/https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-boys-marks.jpgthe boys' marksNames and marks of the five boyshttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-rules.jpgthe rulesThe Rules, pasted in Sarah Martin's Everyday Book2014-08-24T12:41:07+00:00monthlyhttps://convictionblog.com/2014/01/30/thus-were-the-rules-again-broken/https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-shipwreck-start-poem.jpgThe Shipwreck start poemhttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-shipwreck-american-tract-society-cropped.jpgThe shipwreck American Tract Society croppedThe Shipwreck, frontispiecehttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-shipwreck-american-tract-society.jpgThe shipwreck American Tract Societyhttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shipwreck-title-page.jpgShipwreck title pagehttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-rules-crop.jpgthe rules - Crop2014-08-24T12:40:58+00:00monthlyhttps://convictionblog.com/2014/03/16/improved/https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/short-story-scripture-knowledge.jpgShort Story Scripture Knowledgehttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/16-jan-1840-boys-improved-16-jan-1840-copy.jpg16 Jan 1840 Boys Improved 16 Jan 1840 - Copyhttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/boys-improved-16-jan-1840-copy.jpgBoys Improved 16 Jan 1840 - Copyhttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/boys-improved-16-jan-1840.jpgBoys Improved 16 Jan 18402014-08-24T12:40:41+00:00monthlyhttps://convictionblog.com/2014/03/24/making-and-mending/https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/boys-sewing-metropolitan-school.jpgBoys sewing Metropolitan Schoolhttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/fine-cell-works.jpgFine Cell Workshttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/boyssewing.jpgboyssewing2014-08-24T12:40:33+00:00monthlyhttps://convictionblog.com/2014/05/18/grey-cotton-shirts/https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/stannard-striped-shirt-cropped-little-less.jpg???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/striped-shirt-cropped.jpg???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/reversed-i-do-not-think-patterson-a-very-bad-boy-edb-20-jan-1840.jpgreversed I do not think Patterson a very bad boy EDB 20 Jan 1840Sarah Martin's Everyday Book, 20 January 1840, Tolhouse Museum, Great Yarmouthhttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/i-do-not-think-patterson-a-very-bad-boy-edb-20-jan-1840.jpgI do not think Patterson a very bad boy EDB 20 Jan 1840Sarah Martin's Everyday Book, 20 January 1840. Tolhouse Museum, Great Yarmouthhttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/stannard-yarmouth-sands.jpgStannard Yarmouth SandsPainting, 'Yarmouth Sands' by Joseph Stannard (1797-1830), oil on mahogany panel, 1829; 75.2 x 102.8 cm. Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Servicehttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/boy-sitting-barefoot-and-hatless.jpgBoy sitting barefoot and HatlessDrawing, 'Boy sitting (barefoot and hatless)' by John Sell Cotman (1782-1842), pencil on board, undated; 32.1 cm x 25 cm; inscription bottom left signed 'Cotman 2615'. Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Servicehttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/boy-with-basket-and-shrimping-net.jpgBoy with Basket and Shrimping NetDrawing, 'Boy with basket and shrimping net' by John Sell Cotman (1782-1842), pencil on paper, 1836; 40.1 cm x 30.3 cm; inscription bottom left signed 'Cotman 1836'. Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Servicehttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/joseph-stannard-yarmouth-sands.jpgpainting, 'Yarmouth Sands' by Joseph Stannard (1797-1830), oil on mahogany panel, 1829; 75.2 x 102.8 cm, Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Servicehttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/boysewing.jpgboysewing2014-08-24T12:40:18+00:00monthlyhttps://convictionblog.com/2014/06/06/and-have-you-brought-the-combs/https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/maam-we-have-been-waiting-for-you.jpgMaam we have been waiting for youhttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/boston-comb.jpgboston combCombs have rarely survived. They are intimate, personal items we do not pass on. Someone scratched their name into this comb, found by the Boston Archaeological Project.https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/image.jpgimagehttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/hospital-school-boy-yarmouth.jpg(c) Great Yarmouth Museums; Supplied by The Public Catalogue FoundationHospital Schoolboy, Great Yarmouth, 1840 by Thomas Chevalier Date painted: c.1840 Great Yarmouth Museumshttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/john-leech-how-to-make-culprits-comfortable-punch.jpgJohn Leech How to Make Culprits Comfortable PunchJohn Leech, How to Make Culprits Comfortable Punch (1849), c. John Leech Archivehttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/cruikshank-the-barbers-shop1.jpgCruikshank the Barber's ShopGeorge Cruikshank, Engraving depicting The Barber's Shop, an illustration from the publication The Life of Grimaldi, no date, c. V&Ahttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/cruikshank-the-barbers-shop.jpgCruikshank the Barber's Shophttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/aberdeen-combs.jpgAberdeen combshttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/boston-city-archaeology-program-img_08035b15d.jpgBoston City Archaeology Program IMG_0803%5b1%5dComb found in poor Italian-Irish district of Boston. Thank you to Boston City Archaeology Project.https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/after.jpgAfter2014-08-24T12:40:09+00:00monthlyhttps://convictionblog.com/2014/06/21/we-need-to-talk-about-walter/https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/wordle-walter-heat.jpgWordle Walter heathttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/wordle-we-need-to-talk-about-walter.jpgWordle We need to talk about Walterhttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/young-male-prisoners.jpgyoung male prisonershttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-boy-tunmore-from-we-need-to-talk-about-walter.jpgThe boy Tunmore from We need to talk about Walterhttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/wordle-five-boys-final.jpgWordle Five Boys Final2014-08-24T12:39:50+00:00monthlyhttps://convictionblog.com/2014/07/20/departure/https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/turner-yarmouth-c-1840-with-3-boys.jpgturner yarmouth c. 1840 with 3 boyshttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/william-walter-and-robert-on-discharge-jan-1840.jpgWilliam Walter and Robert on Discharge Jan 1840https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/boy-with-basket.jpgboy with basketGreat Yarmouth, A Row. Lantern slide, 18--? Copyright Norfolk County Council. https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/turner-yarmouth-from-near-the-harbours-mouth-c-1840.jpgYarmouth, from near the Harbour's Mouth c.1840 by Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851Joseph Mallord William Turner, 'Yarmouth, from near the Harbour's Mouth', c.1840. Graphite, watercolour and ink ink on paper. C. Tate http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N052392014-08-24T12:39:27+00:00monthlyhttps://convictionblog.com/2014/01/11/oh-what-beautiful-books/https://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dick-beating-ass-again.jpgDick beating ass againhttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/beating-ass1.jpgbeating asshttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dick-begging.jpgdick begginghttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dog-fighting.jpgdog fightinghttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/beating-ass.jpgbeating asshttps://convictionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dickwildgoose-title-page.jpgDickwildgoose title pageThe History of Dick Wildgoose (London: J. Davies, c. 1839). 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