Glenn Posted 29 October , 2003 Share Posted 29 October , 2003 Can any forum members advice me whether this building work is complete and whether the court yard and post are again open to the public? Regards, Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 29 October , 2003 Share Posted 29 October , 2003 It was open when I was there in the summer, and will be back again on Saturday - so will let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 29 October , 2003 Share Posted 29 October , 2003 I was there the day before yesterday and the post is back in the Town Hall yard, although not quite in the same spot as before. The wall that it used to stand against is gone but the post is in almost the same spot, against another nearby wall. (There's no way of knowing, of course, whether the former position was the exaxct original wartime position anyway.) The post stands on a semicircular stone slab, and there is a gap of about 10 inches between the stone and the surrounding new courtyard paving, filled with soil at the moment, so it looks as if they are going to plant something in the gap or fill it with gravel. At the moment, the post isn't enclosed in the perspex tube which used to surround it. Access to the cells and the courtyard is back to normal. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted 29 October , 2003 Author Share Posted 29 October , 2003 Thank you Paul and Tom, very much appreciated, Regards Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hone Posted 2 November , 2003 Share Posted 2 November , 2003 Didn't the old wall have bullet-holes in it, or was that my over-active imagination? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 2 November , 2003 Share Posted 2 November , 2003 Didn't the old wall have bullet-holes in it, or was that my over-active imagination? I don't think it was the original wall. I always got the impression that it was an "add-on" wall to provide a backdrop to the post when it was decided to exhibit it where it was. Some bricks were painted, some weren't, as if the wall had been built of already-old bricks. If the post was really set against a wall like this, then I guess there would also be a wall of sandbags against the wall, to stop the bullets. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 2 November , 2003 Share Posted 2 November , 2003 Was there yesterday with a group, and just as Tom says it is now set in a set of flag-stones, surrounded but what will probably be a flower bed, and at a slighty different place and angle to as it was before. It is no longer covered in a plastic tube, which looks better - but I wonder how long it will last? The death cells were open as usual. Despite the building work it continues to be an impressive location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hill 60 Posted 2 November , 2003 Share Posted 2 November , 2003 I suppose there is a cost to get into see the cells etc, can anyone tell me how much please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 2 November , 2003 Share Posted 2 November , 2003 No, they are free - which I think is excellent. I believe they close them around 5pm, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hill 60 Posted 3 November , 2003 Share Posted 3 November , 2003 Paul - Thanks mate, it's the 2nd place to see when we visit Pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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