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Tag Archives: Prison
Oxford Castle and Prison
I am a sucker for old churches, castles, prisons and buildings that have that weight of ages hanging over them, and Oxford Castle and Prison really meets that criteria very well. My first real encounter with it was when I … Continue reading
Posted in Collections and Museums, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Photo Essay, United Kingdom
Tagged castle, gaol, HMP Oxford, Motte and Bailey, Oxford, Oxford Castle, Prison
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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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HM Prison Gloucester
It was time to go to jail; although in this case I am innocent I tell you! I was framed! call my lawyer! HM Prison Gloucester had recently unlocked it’s doors to the public and was accepting visitors to the … Continue reading
Posted in Collections and Museums, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Heritage, Personal, United Kingdom
Tagged debtors prison, Gloucestershire, HM Prison Gloucester, jail, Prison
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Galloping around Gloucester
Looking at my handy index page for 2015, I was last in Gloucester in August and September of 2015, and in those visits I took in the Cathedral, the Jet Age Museum and I saw lots of dudes with odd shaped … Continue reading
Posted in Churches and Cathedrals, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Memorials and Monuments, Personal, Photowalks, Retrospective, United Kingdom
Tagged Emperor Nerva, Gloucester, Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire, Harbour, HM Prison Gloucester, Llanthony Secunda Priory, Prison, River Severn, St Mary de Crypt
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Johannesburg Fort
In all the years I lived in Hillbrow I occasionally would pass the Johannesburg Fort and try to imagine what was inside those ramparts. I never thought that one day I would get a chance to have a look. History … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo Boer War, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Johannesburg, Military, Personal, Photowalks, Retrospective, South Africa
Tagged Constitutional Hill, Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Johannesburg Fort, Prison, The Fort
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