on time

carving into stone
requires concentration
accurate spelling

~

n.b. Nottinghamshire County Gaol was opened in 1449. At some later point, this doorway was set into the building. If you look closely at the word ‘GAOL’ you will see the A was originally carved as an O, before the A was chiselled out in the right place.

The gaol was also known as a house of correction. Presumably the correctional programme included spelling. Luckily the O was corrected to A before the mason had reached his goal.

I wonder how the discussion about the bill for the mason’s work went.

According to the website https://www.prisonhistory.org/prison/nottingham-county-gaol/ gaol was closed in 1878.

CLP 02/05/2023

3 Comments

  1. Manja Maksimovič says:
    15th May 2023 at 17:13

    Thank you for this door of correction. I wonder if you noticed the pingback under your Day 30 poem. It leads to another of my centos. I hope you approve.

    1. Christopher Perry says:
      15th May 2023 at 22:41

      I’m not entirely sure. It’s late. April is a long way behind us. I’ll investigate. As always, lovely to hear from you x

    2. Christopher Perry says:
      15th May 2023 at 22:42

      I approve. Thank you 🙏

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