Monthly Archives: February 2018

Sea Legs – September 1848

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Shelley

He moaned with the latest pitch and lurch of the ship as the odours of hundreds of bodies, damp bedding and water closets imprisoned him in his bed. Nine-year-old Richard Grenfell had never felt so ill. He lay there, staring … Continue reading →

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