Anyone else's town or city have a drunk tank that's still there? This is the only one I've ever seen. Shane MacGowan would be proud - ThreadSky

alelliott88.bsky.social • 41 days ago

Anyone else's town or city have a drunk tank that's still there? This is the only one I've ever seen. Shane MacGowan would be proud

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chrisworcs.bsky.social•41 days ago

We have similar lock-ups/cells from 1780s that now form part of the town's museum which are interesting

alelliott88.bsky.social•41 days ago

This one seems to be quite a lot older than all the buildings around it

chrisworcs.bsky.social•41 days ago

It definitely has a very similar look to our town's

alelliott88.bsky.social•41 days ago

If I was an estate agent I would describe it as cosy

chrisworcs.bsky.social•41 days ago

Bijoux

soapachu.bsky.social•41 days ago

They turned one of ours into a fancy pub

https://thebridewellpub.co.uk/

alelliott88.bsky.social•41 days ago

That's class. I've seen a few of these that people I've posted that looked like they had the potential to be a pub, presuming they're big enough (ours definitely isn't)

justjbe.bsky.social•41 days ago

There is a decent example in my home town
https://www.prisonhistory.org/lockup/bradford-on-avon-lock-up/

alelliott88.bsky.social•41 days ago

Even smaller than ours

justjbe.bsky.social•41 days ago

Yes small but all the mod cons, nice matching iron bed and toilet

justjbe.bsky.social•41 days ago

alelliott88.bsky.social•41 days ago

Looks lovely

followhuw.bsky.social•41 days ago

Is that B-O-A?

sickleclown.bsky.social•41 days ago

My home town, Braintree has one, built in 1840. We had a school trip to it once 😂

kingtubby.bsky.social•41 days ago

Yes, we have cells under the town hall!

https://discoveringleeds.wordpress.com/leeds-town-hall-bridewell/

alelliott88.bsky.social•41 days ago

They should turn them into a pub

kingtubby.bsky.social•41 days ago

I think they are used when the beer festival is on.

parramaterial.bsky.social•41 days ago

London has a really nice example here: https://livinglondonhistory.com/the-history-of-hampsteads-old-parish-lock-up/

maviscruet.bsky.social•41 days ago

The wonky door would make me irredeemably angry and I'd have to go out and get drunk all over again.

toffybolox.bsky.social•41 days ago

St Rupert's Tower was an overnight lockup for drunks and ruffians

tonydefc.bsky.social•41 days ago

*Prince Rupert's (I got pulled up on this myself years ago so I'm not just trying to be a smartarse!)

toffybolox.bsky.social•41 days ago

Of course it is

alelliott88.bsky.social•41 days ago

Wonder what it's capacity was

maviscruet.bsky.social•41 days ago

I came here to say that

hemjefc.bsky.social•41 days ago

I mean ...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everton_Lock-Up

almostconverge.kozterulethasznalatienge.day•41 days ago

oh god, i just remembered the "gnome's outhouse" crest we had for like two weeks

hemjefc.bsky.social•41 days ago

They doubled down on it for a bit like it was going to stay

almostconverge.kozterulethasznalatienge.day•41 days ago

they kept saying that's what it really looked like and yeah, that's true but it still looked shit

alelliott88.bsky.social•41 days ago

It's reminds me of this in Workington which is down by the docks and was used as a tide watcher

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