tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post8916806021545705449..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: OCEANS AWAY AND OAKUM by Penny DolanMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-25379306143868906792015-04-20T07:46:19.259+01:002015-04-20T07:46:19.259+01:00Transportation was also a one way ticket - return ...Transportation was also a one way ticket - return was NOT an option. One of my ancestors was transported aged 22. I can't imagine what it was like for her.istahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15895947394368909391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-31839683420794260232015-04-17T18:49:19.243+01:002015-04-17T18:49:19.243+01:00Lovely post Penny!Lovely post Penny!Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610226884546830879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-47071144809072773132015-04-17T13:39:51.290+01:002015-04-17T13:39:51.290+01:00The scene is way too real - brrr!The scene is way too real - brrr!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-55416281397105981732015-04-17T12:17:12.485+01:002015-04-17T12:17:12.485+01:00Thanks. The "where did she go?" was one ...Thanks. The "where did she go?" was one of those small facts that I needed to get sorted. As has been said before on History Girls, it's important to go to places as well as look at screens and pages. How else does one sense how cold the air feels in a cell, even on a spring day, and things like that? I'd already visited Dublin's Kilmainham Gaol - an awful place - but needed a glimpse of more local justice.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-24178575801876845772015-04-17T11:42:58.060+01:002015-04-17T11:42:58.060+01:00Sounds like a really useful pace to have found, Pe...Sounds like a really useful pace to have found, Penny. That oakum sounds very nasty...Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-6349489067089919812015-04-17T11:41:19.291+01:002015-04-17T11:41:19.291+01:00Congratulations on unravelling that knotty problem...Congratulations on unravelling that knotty problem, Penny - hope the Tome leaps forward now.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com