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WillowTheWhisp · 24-10-2006, 17:43

If the purpose of a panopticon was to encourage people to come to Accy then the clock certainly did that. In it's heyday there were crowds round it waiting for it to open up and old father time peddalling like the clappers up his pole.

The word 'panopticon' actually irritates me because people have either no idea what the heck it means or they know the prison meaning where one warden could see into all the cells which were arranged round him/her in an almost circular fashion.

24-10-2006, 17:43	#29
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1062	Re: Room for the clock to return? If the purpose of a panopticon was to encourage people to come to Accy then the clock certainly did that. In it's heyday there were crowds round it waiting for it to open up and old father time peddalling like the clappers up his pole. The word 'panopticon' actually irritates me because people have either no idea what the heck it means or they know the prison meaning where one warden could see into all the cells which were arranged round him/her in an almost circular fashion. __________________