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The old part of the town Fredrikstad.
In the middle of the square the stock and statue Frederick II (1 July 1534 – 4 April 1588) was King of Denmark and Norway.
It was a charming place, excluding the stock ;)
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The tuft on the top of the Pampas grass turns white as it fades in the fall.
I hope you've all been good this year! This is where they used to put the criminals so the people could throw things at them!
Espero que hayais sido buenos este ano. Aqui es donde solian poner a los criminales para que la gente pudiese apedrearlos!
Amazing I got people request for me to teach them stocks everywhere, in the internet, emails, What's App, on the roadside, in the market, in religious organisation, in the bus etc
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A young re-enactor at “Palio de la Marciliana”, Chioggia, Italia, June 2022, a re-enactment of medieval life, costume, food, crafts and other entertainments. www.marciliana.it
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Hope Klaus won't mind me sharing a part code for the upper one, inspired by his designs.
Evesham is a small town in the Cotswolds about ten miles from where we live. A number of the houses are 17th century but this is one of the oldest. In the foreground are "stocks" in which petty criminals were fastened by their feet in a seated position. Sometimes this attracted abuse or the throwing of eggs or rotten vegetables - happily not a practice engaged in for some time!
we were in Manhattan Christmas before last and could not believe just how busy and vibrant Times square was leading up to and including Christmas day.
Matthiola incana… Stocks
In Dutch: Violier
In French: Giroflée
Duits: Levkoje
Engels: Stock / Gilliflower/ (soort Matthiola)
Spaans: Alheli
Italiaans: Violacciocca
They are doubles, did you know that most double flowers cannot reproduce?
In some double-flowered varieties all of the reproductive organs are converted to petals — as a result, they are sexually sterile and must be propagated through cuttings or fresh seeds from the singles.
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I don't know why this lovely flower was landed with such a dull, uninspiring name!
Their perfume is delicious - unfortunately I think I'm allergic to them!!
Stocks are devices used internationally, in medieval, Renaissance and colonial American times as a form of physical punishment involving public humiliation. The stocks partially immobilized its victims and they were often exposed in a public place such as the site of a market to the scorn of those who passed by.
The stocks are similar to the pillory and the pranger, as each consists of large, hinged, wooden boards; the difference, however, is that when a person is placed in the stocks, their feet are locked in place, and sometimes as well their hands or head, or these may be chained.
With stocks, boards are placed around the ankles and the wrists in some cases, whereas in the pillory they are placed around the arms and neck and fixed to a pole, and the victim stands. However, the terms can be confused, and many people refer to the pillory as the stocks.
Since stocks served an outdoor public form of punishment its victims were subjected to the daily and nightly weather. As a consequence it was not uncommon for people kept in stocks over several days to die from exposure.[citation needed]
The practice of using stocks continues to be cited as an example of torture, cruel and unusual punishment. Insulting, kicking, tickling, spitting and in some cases urinating and defecating on its victims could be applied at the free will of any of those present. The hapless feet were also taken advantage of by such savage cruelties as inserting burning materials between the toes or by such nuisances as carefully rubbing feces all over the feet and hair.
One of the earliest reference to the stocks in literature appears in the Bible. Paul and Silas, disciples of Jesus, were arrested. Their treatment by their jailer was detailed in the Book of Acts: "Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks." The Old Testament's book of Job also describes the stocks, referring to God: "He puts my feet in the stocks, he watches all my paths."
The stocks were also popular among civil authorities from medieval to early modern times, and have also been used as punishment for military deserters or for dereliction of military duty. In the stocks, an offender's hands and head, or sometimes their ankles, would be placed and locked through two or three holes in the center of a board. Offenders were forced to carry out their punishments in the rain, during the heat of summer, or in freezing weather, and generally would receive only bread and water, plus anything brought by their friends.
The stocks were popular during the Colonial days in America. Public punishment in the stocks was a common occurrence from around 1500 until at least 1748. The stocks were especially popular among the early American Puritans, who frequently employed the stocks for punishing the "lower class."
In the American colonies, the stocks were also used, not only for punishment, but as a means of restraining individuals awaiting trial.
Photo taken at Bewdley Museum, Bewdley Worcstershire.
Robin hood's bay was so amazing with its narrow streets made compositions a delight to photo.I changed lens to the 10mm to get it all in and this image worked a treat with this curvy round the bend street I changed it to black&white because the white building seemed to stand out with backlit sun.
The reservoir is also the premier bird-watching location in East Lancashire. In summer there is a breeding Black-headed Gull colony with a couple of Mediterranean Gulls, a couple of Herring Gull pairs, the only place in East Lancashire Red Breasted Mergansers breed, Mallard, Moorhen, Little Grebes, Great Crested Grebes and Tufted Duck The shoreline and surrounding pastures has breeding Little Ringed Plovers, Oystercatchers, Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Lapwing, Curlew, Grey Partridge and Grasshopper Warbler. Within Gisburn forest there are Pied Flycatchers, Spotted Flycatchers, Redstarts, Tree Pipits, Willow Warblers, Wood Warblers, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Crossbills, Redpolls, Siskins, Sparrowhawk, Buzzards and Goshawks. Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail and Dipper are found on the streams which feed into the reservoir. The moors are a good place for Stonechat, Whinchat, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Red Grouse, Dunlin, Golden Plover, Hen Harrier, Merlin and Short-eared Owl. Birds of Prey seen are Little Owl, Tawny Owl, the occasional Barn Owl, Peregrine and even Hobby nowadays. In winter thousands of waterfowl descend including Teal, Pintail, Goosander, Goldeney and Wigeon. The waters very rarely freeze but did so in the winters of 2009-2010 and 2010-2011. The rare birds list for the area is also quite big. Over 200 bird species have been recorded here, 197 in the 2008-2012. Mammals that may be seen include Sika Deer, Roe Deer, Fox, Badger, Hare, Weasel, Stoat and quite recently Otter. The area is also a haven for smaller mammals and invertebrates.
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Stocks Reservoir is a reservoir situated at the head of the Hodder valley in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, England (historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974). The reservoir has a fly fishing club which is very popular in the summer months and a small cafe which is popular with walkers. The Board House is a building used for meetings by United Utilities and is located on the western shores of the reservoir, near the Hodder Water Treatment Works. Stocks Reservoir was opened on 5 July 1932 by HRH Prince George, K.G.
History
It was created in 1932 by the Fylde Water Board by flooding the Dalehead valley and the surrounding farmland, including the hamlet of Stocks-in-Bowland from which the reservoir derives its name. At the peak of the construction project, over 500 men worked there and most of them lived in a temporary village called Hollins. Prince George officially opened the reservoir by unveiling a commemorative bronze plaque.
During the construction phase, the reservoir works were the site of an extensive 3 foot (914 mm) gauge industrial railway system which linked the dam works with a railhead on the Long Preston - Slaidburn road (Bowtell, 1988). Nearby stone quarries were also served by the railway. Steam traction engines hauled building material between the Tosside railhead and the water board depôt adjacent to Long Preston railway station.
The reservoir is located in the civil parish of Easington. In medieval times, the area was granted to the monks of Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds. Later, Stocks-in-Bowland, Dalehead and Easington all came under the sway of the Lordship of Bowland.