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Tag Archives: Liverpool
Thinking About Lions
And there I was: thinking about the many lion shaped sculptures I have seen in the UK. I can safely say I have seen more of them than I have seen of the real thing back in South Africa! I … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Liverpool, London, Memorials and Monuments, Personal, Photo Essay, Retrospective, United Kingdom
Tagged Lion, Liverpool, London, Memorial, Reading, sculpture, Statue, Trafalgar Square
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Crime and Punishment
In my many travels throughout the UK I have often encountered oddments that relate to “Crime and Punishment”, many of these would be considered barbaric in our politically correct times, but way back then it was a total different ballgame. … Continue reading
Posted in Collections and Museums, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Military, Personal, Retrospective, United Kingdom, World War 1
Tagged chains, execution, HM Prison Gloucester, jail, Justice, Liverpool, Oxford Canal, pillory, Prison
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