G.R.O. catalogue number: QCG 39
Prison number: 5
Date: December 28 1872
Prison number: 5
Date: December 28 1872
Name: Lavinia Rosetta Groves
Age (on discharge): 22 years
Where born: Lynmouth Devon
Married or single: Single
Trade or occupation: dressmaker
Address at time of apprehension: Marshes Road Newport
Offence for which convicted: Stealing 9 yards of linsey and 6 yards of French merino
Sentence: 1 calendar month hard labour
Age (on discharge): 22 years
Where born: Lynmouth Devon
Married or single: Single
Trade or occupation: dressmaker
Address at time of apprehension: Marshes Road Newport
Offence for which convicted: Stealing 9 yards of linsey and 6 yards of French merino
Sentence: 1 calendar month hard labour
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SEE her post Dickens, Oliver and Girl's in Prison Here
The images are there on the sight she sites for all to see- but Barbara found them and they are riveting.
& who stole the silk umbrella?
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To go to It's About Time...I hope everyone will.
ReplyDeleteThe mouth on each girl tells the story they were not allowed to utter.
Just look.
Today, I will try to spend the day smiling. And maybe do so forever after.
Only their eyes betray their youth. The rest -- could be forty years on. They each have the look of someone who has survived decades of grief.
How lucky are we to be able to smile and look at the future?