Friday, September 10, 2010

Interesting doors in St, James the Less

The Churchwarden told us that the red door led up to the bell tower where they went to ring the church bells. The other door (look how narrow it is) was where they put the parishoners when they had gotten drunk or committed some crime. It was the jail for them in that day. The room was as small as the door and they had to stand up for part of their punishment. It was back when the church ran everything. I think it might have curtailed a few crimes because I know that I would have passed out having to stand that long and in that enclosed dark space.
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