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A now dry cast iron drinking fountain stands by the road near the old punishment stocks at the bottom of North Malvern Road. It lends itself to a nice flower arrangement or there is space here for a large artwork.
Memorial Park, Marple, Greater Manchester.
Stocks. The ends are probably C19.
Grade ll listed.
For many years the stocks were situated near the Ring o' Bells on Church Lane and were removed to the park for safe keeping in 1959.
The stocks in the Derbyshire village of Eyam (pronounce "Eem") date back to the early 1600's and sit outside the Market Hall (with the turquoise doors). September 2012
Stocks Wood in Bournville as seen from Maple Road and Arcadia Road.
It was once part of the Great Forest of Arden. But the current trees probably dated back 150 years.
Seems to be called "Camp Wood" on Google Maps for some reason or other.
Arcadia Road view.
path
Didn't notice at the time but there is a skull at the bottom of the picture.
all images © david morris dtmphotography
Star of India is the world's oldest active sailing ship. She began her life on the stocks at Ramsey Shipyard in the Isle of Man in 1863. Iron ships were experiments of sorts then, with most vessels still being built of wood. Within five months of laying her keel, the ship was launched into her element. She bore the name Euterpe, after the Greek muse of music and poetry.
Euterpe was a full-rigged ship and would remain so until 1901, when the Alaska Packers Association rigged her down to a barque, her present rig. She began her sailing life with two near-disastrous voyages to India. On her first trip she suffered a collision and a mutiny. On her second trip, a cyclone caught Euterpe in the Bay of Bengal, and with her topmasts cut away, she barely made port. Shortly afterward, her first captain died on board and was buried at sea.
After such a hard luck beginning, Euterpe settled down and made four more voyages to India as a cargo ship. In 1871 she was purchased by the Shaw Savill line of London and embarked on a quarter century of hauling emigrants to New Zealand, sometimes also touching Australia, California and Chile. She made 21 circumnavigations in this service, some of them lasting up to a year. It was rugged voyaging, with the little iron ship battling through terrific gales, "laboring and rolling in a most distressing manner," according to her log.
The life aboard was especially hard on the emigrants cooped up in her 'tween deck, fed a diet of hardtack and salt junk, subject to mal-de-mer and a host of other ills. It is astonishing that their death rate was so low. They were a tough lot, however, drawn from the working classes of England, Ireland and Scotland, and most went on to prosper in New Zealand.
I love Shelby so much that sometimes I just want to take a bite out of her. Why does she have to live in Vancouver?
Photo by Angela
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THE STOCKS
Warburton stocks are of great antiquity. The stone was quarried either at Lymm or the quarry behind Oughtrington Hall, which also provided the stone for the rebuilding of Lymm Church.
On the South post of the stocks are "scars" which indicate that hand clasps were once fitted and used for whipping purposes.
When stocks were first introduced as a method of corrective punishment, is not clearly known. In 1376 the Commons pleaded Edward III for their establishment in every village. So this dates back 600 years as to their use.
Frequently, one of the posts was also used as a whipping or "Rogues" post, which came into vogue about 1596. Prior to this, it was customary to use a cart tail.
There are stocks in various states of disrepair to be found extant in the villages of Lymm, Partington and further afield at Grappenhall, High Leigh and Mobberley.
In the shot the structure behind was the mount for a cross, long since gone.
Stocks Wood in Bournville as seen from Maple Road and Arcadia Road.
It was once part of the Great Forest of Arden. But the current trees probably dated back 150 years.
Seems to be called "Camp Wood" on Google Maps for some reason or other.
Maple Road view.