09-05-2013, 05:55 AM
Robert Matthews wrote: " with the caveat that smaller shoes could also be worn by adolescent boys. Explaining the presence of either is somewhat problematic."
" If they lived outside the fort, it's possible their relationship to the soldiers was a little like modern cleaners or the like today.
Hodgson's reconstruction of the cavalry barracks at Wallsend, showing grooms sleeping in a loft above the stable."
I would suggest boys for the grooms (or as other servants) which at least could explain the presence of smaller sized footware to some extent.
Best Regards
" If they lived outside the fort, it's possible their relationship to the soldiers was a little like modern cleaners or the like today.
Hodgson's reconstruction of the cavalry barracks at Wallsend, showing grooms sleeping in a loft above the stable."
I would suggest boys for the grooms (or as other servants) which at least could explain the presence of smaller sized footware to some extent.
Best Regards
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
