Monday, 22 August 2022

Cornwall 2022 - Bodmin Jail


Oh gawd, not another holiday post...........

My daughter Nieve wanted to visit Bodmin Jail, she fancies being a prison guard when she leaves school, for some reason???


Down in the cells, they used to house 8 people at a time, men, women, children, murderers, rapists the lot!


A cell for the posher folk.


A model of the prison


Looks painful!


A Plague Doctor, I seem to remember Michael Awdry from 28mm Victorian Warfare, painting up some figures like these a few years ago.


Graffitii


The beast of Bodmin







After Bodmin Jail, we visited Jamaica Inn
Loads on Daphne du Maurier, of course, but they do have a small Smugglers museum.







I'd been a bad bad boy!

29 comments:

  1. Oh, your family as so lucky Ray, having you drag them round all these historic sights on their holidays! The Bodmin Gaol does look like a nice old building to be fair

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    1. It was Keith, but you're right, they are lucky, we could have been sitting on the beach doing bugger all like the previous day.

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  2. Finally, you've been placed where you belong!! I'm with Nieve. Prisons are great to visit, and Bodmin looked great.
    How tempted were your family to leave you in the stocks?
    I know some Rejects that might deserve to go in them... say no names!

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    1. They each bought a padlock from the shop, but I was too quick for them Rich!!! And yes no names mentioned......postie, cough,cough!

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  3. What a great place! Could have really done with the Plague Doctor reference back in the day too. Lovely post Ray.

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  4. Interesting sites and great photos Ray!

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  5. Just the sort of place I'd like to visit whilst on holiday. GReat photos

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  6. Glad you didn't get lost on the moor. It's some place in the night, and that's on the main road!

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  7. Did they leave you there?
    Quite a lot to see in one prison.

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  8. So your family sent you to Jail?

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  9. Greatly enjoy posts like these. We have been to Cornwall but missed the jail. Perhaps a excuse to go back?

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  10. Lol. The pic of you in the stocks is priceless.
    😀

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  11. Another nice travelogue Ray, and at least your family weren't pelting you with fruit.

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  12. I made prison guard at Barlinnie and left the door open when I left. Thankfully didn’t take the offer up. Nice pics.

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  13. Now you've got yourself a stock photo to use (sorry, couldn't help it).

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  14. Looks like a grand day out !

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  15. Love that last picture. Very appropriate. 🤣

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