Nottingham

Rugga Chugga-Chugga Choo Choo! For the weekend we went on an
Omega cool field trip to Nottingham. It's not far from Grantham.
Based on the man in Lincoln Green who carries a bow and arrow, Nottingham is
Internationally famous. Howard Pyle wrote the book that started the story.
Nottingham also has a castle that we saw. We ate desserts in a little shop.
How we got to Nottingham was by train. It took about 30 minutes to get there.

Once there, we went to the Galleries of Justice. The Galleries of Justice used to be the

Old Nottingham courthouse and "gaol," basically a jail. In the 1600s and 1700s many

Died in the jail from hangings and beheadings.

Now the place is a museum to show people how life used to be in a jail. People convicted of a crime would go into the courtroom. We found out that many innocent people were sentenced to death because it was a public spectacle and crowds would gather around to see it. They were so popular that some people were trampled to death in the crowds. For cutting down a young tree or stealing cloth you could be hanged because it meant you broke the law called “The Bloody Code.” Speaking of codes, can you find the code in the text above the photos?