Before police stations, there was this. 👇🏼 On the edge of Kelston stands a small stone hut that once served as the village lock-up. Built in the late eighteenth century, it held drunks and petty offenders overnight until they could face a magistrate in Bath. Inside are two tiny vaulted cells with nothing but cold stone walls for company. It’s a rare survivor from a time when justice was local, swift, and often served by the village itself. #history #historychannel #historyfacts #historynerd #h

Normandy Then and Now! #normandy #history #adventure #beautiful #time Source NARA, Signal Corps, Life Magazine Archive | D-Day History

A simple British fisherman changed history. With only a signal lamp, he warned an entire convoy just in time — saving hundreds of lives during WW2. Sometimes, heroes come from the sea. #BritainAtWar #WW2 #HistoryShorts #TrueEvent #warstories | Britain At War