A Gartside Sent to Van Diemen's Land - "Man's Inhumanity to Man"
(from Robbie Burns' Man was made to mourn: A Dirge  1784

The Narrative and pictures started life as an illustrated talk, for the local Family & Local History Societies. Its first 'outing' should have been in Shaw & Crompton, on the 26th March, 2020 ... the week after the whole country went into 'lockdown' as a result of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Like many others, I turned to the internet to tell my ancestor, Edwin's story ... HERE