Old Station, no.2: Harry and Mary Stanley, a Gads Hill double act
The most famous Gads Hill stockman was Harry Stanley (1820–98), a tiny (162-cm tall), illiterate, former Sussex basket weaver transported for horse stealing as a 21-year-old in 1841—although his version of events was that he simply held a rope, which happened to have two horses at the end of it.1 He served two years in … Read moreOld Station, no.2: Harry and Mary Stanley, a Gads Hill double act