Report (Permission Visit) Shrewsbury Prison (The Dana) dec 2016

[leelewis1982]

A Brief Bit of history

HM Prison Shrewsbury was a Category B/C men's prison in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It closed in March 2013, There has been a prison on the site since 1793, the original building being constructed by Thomas Telford to plans by Shrewsbury architect John Hiram Haycock.
the present prison building was constructed in 1877. The prison took female convicts until 1922.

Between 1902 and 1961 the following seven people were executed by hanging within the walls of HMP Shrewsbury for the crime of murder
The external Gate House.

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The Main Entrance Of The Prison

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Entrance from the side

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One of the staircases inside with a stair lift.

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View from one of the upper floor windows

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Out in the Courtyard.

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A Wing Leading to The Cells and Close Watch Rooms.

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Stairs into the cell floors.

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One of many floors of cells complete with pool table

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3 Floors of cells

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Taking a nap.

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Guard Station.

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View from the top floor.

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Inside the cell.

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Rows of Cells

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Looking up into the skylight

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The Hang Room .

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Some bits are from Wiki to save time typing history, this was a paid tour around £15 per person, for those interested check google maps "shrewsbury prison" and it will say prison tours and opening times etc.
Enjoy.
Anyway thats all folks, i hope you have enjoyed the report.

 

[Wevsky]

All well and good that,well you know im going to mention the spammy flickr link backs mate..easy enough to edit out when copying the bbcode link

 

[leelewis1982]

All well and good that,well you know im going to mention the spammy flickr link backs mate..easy enough to edit out when copying the bbcode link

Yeah i know its been a while since i did one and remember the forum made changes to how you link them and i cant remember which part you delete.. sorry about that

 

[Wevsky]

Yeah i know its been a while since i did one and remember the forum made changes to how you link them and i cant remember which part you delete.. sorry about that

the part of the line of code you want to keep is basically everything inside the two [ img ] parts mate,there is another way to do it but i cant honestly remember how it goes