In those days the upholding of law and order was conducted on lines of strict economv. A constable had charge of the Barrowford district. The temporary lock-up was at the lower end of the present Square. It was not a high building, and had a flagged roof. It was used for keeping offenders over night, they having to be removed to Colne on the following day. A man, who was a mason's labourer, tall and muscular, was once locked up there, having had, as he said, too much beer and been talking too loudly. During the night, when all was quiet, the prisoner, knowing the place of his confinement and its method of construction, stood on the rough stool which was the only furniture, and using all the strength he could muster, forced one flag from its position, climbed through the aperture and walked quietly home to Sally, his anxious wife.
Annals and Stories of Barrowford by Jesse Blakey
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