Nottingham, Nottingham and Nottingham

A few weeks ago (before we went to Paris) we went to Nottingham. First we went to Nottingham Castle. It had a lot of stuff about Robin Hood but we weren't there to learn about Robin Hood, we were there to learn about Joseph Woodward. He was put in prison for burning down a hovel (which is a type of shed) with a riot. Anyway, at Nottingham Castle we went on a cave tour. There are caves underneath the castle for soldiers to go up and people to go down for safety. On the cave tour we saw old steps where they used to come up and down. There's a story about how in the 1330s King Edward III's soldiers went up through the caves to capture Roger de Mortimer.

Then we went to the Galleries of Justice where Joseph Woodward was put in prison. We all went on a tour and three criminals (actors) told us about the place. We even got to see the court room where he was found guilty. In the court the actor, Robin Hood gave some people little sheets with the details of real criminals from the past. The people who got those sheets had to pretend to be those people.