The Corn Exchange, Preston

Lucy and I found the Corn Exchange and memorial on our day trip to Preston. The corn exchange dates from 1822 and has had many different functions and rebuilds. The memorial dates from the late 1980's and commemorates the deaths of four men in the 1842 during the Plug Plot Riots.They died protesting for the right men to have a vote but not in front of a firing squad as the memorial implies. http://www.history-preston.net84.net/publicandcorn.html

Katharine

[Graham Thresher]

Great capture of a historic building.

[Therese]

Beautiful capture!!!

[Molly]

A lovely shot of this building and the figures at the front. I'd never heard of these riots.

[Bob]

Cool old building.

[Malc Bird]

Lovely shot of a great building and sculpture :)

[Ross]

Ahh, so they were fired upon rather than the firing squad as depicted. As always, enjoy your educational enlightenment. Very nice as always :-)

[Loopy-Lou]

Great capture!

[Jacqui Paterson]

Great shot of an interesting old building.

[bruni]

Great shot of the Corn Exchange, interesting building, love the weather vane. the accompanying info. is so appreciate.

[Tony]

Striking capture of a magnificent building. Thank you for the details of the memorial.

[Padlock]

Great shot and comment

[Fisher Family]

@thresheg @monkeykid @bobhuegel Thank you. It was a surprising find as Lucy and I wandered around Preston. Katharine

[Fisher Family]

@dolphin Thanks Molly. I had n't heard of them either. Thank goodness for the internet! katharine

[Fisher Family]

@malc @bizziebeeme @witchyjacq Thank you. I do like old buildings with a history. Katharine

[Fisher Family]

@bruni @tonydebont @padlock Thank you. My day out provided a photo and a learning experience. Katharine

[Fisher Family]

@rossevs Thanks. I found a whole site dedicated to the debate about the memorials inaccuracies. Katharine

[Pyrrhula]

Beautiful capture of the building and statue. Thanks for the explanation.

[Fisher Family]

@pyrrhula Thank you.

[Laura J.]

Great bit of history. Looks like it's been beautifully restored.

[Fisher Family]

@helixconcepts Thanks Laura. It was a good find and I like researching the history. Katharine

[Karen Matthews]

Thanks for the reminder of how valuable our freedom to vote is.

[Fisher Family]

@karenmatthews It certainly is a sobering thought that people gave their lives to get one. Katharine