1832. 23-yr-old Robert Brown stole some tobacco in Colchester and was transported to Australia for 14 years! He was my great-great-great grandfather (by marriage) on my mother's side. Once he was freed he stayed on.
I was really interested to read about toilet and washing facilities on board ship. Apparently some people wore the same clothes the whole voyage. Toilet paper hadn't been invented, so a piece of rag was hung on the lavatory door for everybody to use. It was washed now and then in vinegar. A shower was having a bucket of cold water thrown over you. People seldom, if ever, cleaned their teeth.
Olga, your comments about me playing the piano at the concert made me smile. I'm absolutely hopeless and will be VERY nervous. I hope I don't go blank!
I was really interested to read about toilet and washing facilities on board ship. Apparently some people wore the same clothes the whole voyage. Toilet paper hadn't been invented, so a piece of rag was hung on the lavatory door for everybody to use. It was washed now and then in vinegar. A shower was having a bucket of cold water thrown over you. People seldom, if ever, cleaned their teeth.
Olga, your comments about me playing the piano at the concert made me smile. I'm absolutely hopeless and will be VERY nervous. I hope I don't go blank!
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Why do we always think of them as 'the good old day' when things were so very primitive - perhaps if you have never known anything better it is more acceptable than it could possible by for us.
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