Please Delete/Scroll if not interested. LATHROP/LOTHROP/LOTHROPP gen./Fam Hist. Puget Sound area kin : On Sat, 30 Jan 1999 02:39:27 -0800 w7iml writes: >Clink Prison Revisited >Researcher Gregg Kinney of Highlands Ranch, south of Denver reports >having recently spent an hour in what remains of London's old Clink >Prison and mused that Rev. John Lothropp probably will recall that he >spent almost two years in the Clink prison for espousing politically >incorrect religious sentiments. > >The Clink Prison, which gave its name in the vernacular to all >subsequent jails, was built in the 12th century and maintained by >successive Bishops of Winchester until its destruction in 1780. The >Clink was a place that would never have been mistaken for a >"Correctional Institute." The Clink Prison display is currently >located on Clink Street near the modern Londong Bridge in the >Southward area of London. >Parenthetically, the "old" London Bridge is now in Arizona. > In an area of about 80 acres (known as "The Liberty of the Clink") >the Bishops of Winchester made laws. It was the "red light" district >of its day with taverns and amusements ranging from bull and bear >baiting to theater. The Globe Theater of Shakespeare fame was situated >close by. > The reconstruction of the Clink is approached via an old door, then >down a few steps into a cubicle sized waiting area in the basement of >an old warehouse- type building. > The visitor is treated not only to the view of several rooms >simulating prison cells, but can indulge in the hands-on( but >probably carefully supervised) exhibit of restraining and torture >devices. In the event that the devices do not suggest how they are >used, there are ample graphics to so instruct the inquisitive mind. > For those unable to make an inperson visit, voluntarily or otherwise, >there is an interactive URL at http/www.clink.co.uk that should be of >interest to both Lothropphiles and jailphiles alike. >Above QUOTED FROM Vol 10 Issue 1 Jan 1999 Lothropp Family Foundation >Newsletter. > Among the President's Message he writes that ". . 365 years ago, >Rev. John Lothropp surfed his boat onto the shores of Boston. Now, >his descendants ( and everyone else) can 'surf the web' and find our >new web site at www.Lothropp.org (end of quote). > >Carroll X ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]