I don't know about you, but I can think of a whole lot of people I'd like to see secured in a set of these...

Redwick Stocks

Oh yes, my list would be long and distinguished... well long anyway!

You know it may not be such a bad thing if we started putting people in the stocks again... better than issuing ASBOs in my opinion... and I'm sure I could find sufficient rotting veg to do the incumbent justice!

But I often wonder who had power to define the stocks location in days gone by... these ones at Redwick can be found right next to the church wall.

In my local village the stocks occupied a corner of the village pound (sadly no longer there), while in the neighbouring village (Magor) the stocks could once be found in the village square... outside the village pub!

Share your thoughts... would you like to see the stocks reinstated and where would you locate them in your are?

I mentioned the village press at Redwick yesterday and promised to post a few images...

...so here they are.

As you can see, there are two pieces of ageing machinery here, a mill for grinding wheat etc and a press for extracting juices. Wouldn't it be great to know how many people have used these over the years?