Here at London Bridge on the Thames River is the site of the Old Clink Prison. This is the prison that gave the name to all other prisons. I took a tour of the old prison today and saw a bit of London's unsavoury past. The Clink was opened in 1144 , and is London's oldest prison. It appeared that from the bad conditions and forms of torcher, that prisoners didn't have many rights like they do today. I got a photo here but would have been beheaded if I didn't get out there quickly. Bottom photo is US friends Paul and Mary who went there last week, but were a little scared to go in.
No comments:
Post a Comment