In 1955 I was posted as a Police Cadet to the central lockup. The view Phil has posted is of the basement floor area. I recall one man in custody in the cell next to the one now marked as 83. He was charged, I was told, with manslaughter having killed a man who had firstly attacked him. In sympathy with his plight the cell door was not locked up on him but kept open and an officer sat on a chair just outside.
Later, in about 1960, as a young detective we had to attend the lock-up on a Saturday morning, before the courts opened and all the prisoners were lined up with their backs to the cells numbered 23 in the photograph. We all stood opposite them and the gaoler would, if they were in for a crime, read out their antecedence and we were supposed to make a mental note of them. Later we would all attend one of the Assize/Quarter Session courts, above, where the Chief Superintendent C.I.D. would hold court and all the details of all the major crimes in the city for that and, if on going, on subsequent Saturdays were gone over. Heaven help if you did not have a good reason not to attend
From the lock up there was a long passage to more cells situated under the courts where prisoners were kept until they climbed the various steps into the respective court docks. Memories..............