General Chat

I believe it's the front Nearside and the law refers to the wheel, not a tyre.

Yeh, Benjamin, but they had to stand on the steps of a certain place, the Cathedral, I think, and so many paces away, and I think it was a bow, not a crossbow... the Welsh Longbowmen were the very best., and it would seem that they were fairly safe from the local Hereford folk, who were not of the same ilk... they weren't trained in the same way, so not expert.....

I am off to google, lol, for the exact details!!

It is actually still illegal to spit in the street/in public..... that was a fairly recent one, WW2 I think, and due to the TB thing..... it makes my stomach crawl watching these people, usually men and boys, spitting in the street, for some innocent person to walk through any nasty bugs which might have been sitting in that spit awaiting a new host!! Grrr!!!

Love

Daff xxxx

Edit: No it is not illegal... I stand corrected!! They tried to make it illegal, because of TB, but failed... it just was advised against.. nor is it illegal to spit AT someone, unless the spit connects... then it is an assault, and therefore an offence has taken place....

D xxx

Sane Jane... are you crazy???
You do realise that I will HAVE to report you now for not practicing your archery?;-0)

Deanna X

I don,t agree with the thread as I think these old laws add charm. Up north 'ere we still hang our washing out across the backs.

In the 60s i was on point duty in Warrington, then Lancashire, when I had occasion to stop Lord Derby's car. He flashed his lights and so I made him wait. He complained.
My superintendent told me that it was still on the statute books as a a hanging offence to stop the said lord in his own county. (and to his eternal credit he said to me as I was leaving , "I would have done exactly the same"
Hope that's still on the go.

Happy days