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In the Slammer

Princetown, Devonshire, England - On May 24, 1809 the Dartmoor Prison

opened for housing French prisoners of war. Between 1812 and 1816 about 1,500

American and French prisoners died in the prison and were buried in a field

beyond the prison walls. Unoccupied for over 30 years, Dartmoor was reopened

in 1850 as a civilian prison for convicts sentenced to long terms of imprisonment

or to hard labor.

Here are four Dartmoor Pixie corkscrews: