Tag Archives: Edward Robinson Starkey

The Hulk Proserpine The Hulk ‘Proserpine’ was used as an Industrial School and Reformatory for boys in trouble in the late 19th century. Neglected children under ten years of age mixed with repeat offenders in their late teens on board the ship. Every entry in the admission Register told a tale – usually of familyContinue reading “The fortunes of Edward Robinson Starkey”