There's no such thing as a citizen's arrest any more. In the UK there it's now comes under section 24a of the police and criminal act 1984 which is - Arrest without warrant: other persons 1) A person other than a constable may arrest without a warrant. Calling it a citizens arrest is wrong, imagine you're not a citizen and you see a crime, you now don't have a power of arrest. Also it's an offence to be drunk in a public place, but its not really enforced unless your being a bit of a idiot, then it's usually Drunk and disorderly. (Every person found drunk in any highway or other public place, whether a building or not, or on any licensed premises, shall be liable to a penalty) :D
Paul Wallace ....bloody awful, consider yourself banned for such a terrible joke. There’s a special plaice in hull for those who fish for cheap skate gags like that.
Not really, its just the formatting. Every previous law still exists but has an asterix next to it saying "except no" etc and various Acts of Parliament, whichever is the most recent, will superceed whatever. So the legality of raping your spouse, for instance (which wasn't a crime 30 years ago) would technically still have a line about your spouse being your being your property, but various acts or law since will then say "except they're not your property" etc. That's just the way laws are written. They don't delete stuff, they just add clarifications at the bottom. If they wanted to make your spouse your property again then that would require a new act of parliament to say "they're your property again".
@@rubysoffner4557 The pub will be breaking the law serving a drink to someone who is drunk so they might be disinclined to accuse anyone they have served of being drunk
Like being able to (though it'd be murder of course that's trump this one of course) used to least legally speaking could kill a Scot in York as long as it was within the city walls and had to be specifically with a crossbow, or so I have been told, not sure if that law even exists still.
@@wyterabitt2149 well, I did shoot one at my half scottish mate in the middle of town a fair few years ago. Didn't get arrested. Maybe I was just lucky hahahaha 😂
This one's still on the statute book: 'It is illegal for a Canadian living in Kent, England to conduct a RUclips video in front of an extended grey sofa about wacky English laws'. 😀
It's not just London cab drivers It's any hackney carriage driver throughout the UK. This law was brought In sometime around about 18th century when taxis were driven by horses And not cars.That's the reason they had to have a baler of hay and a bucket of water. Furthermore if you look around certain places throughout the UK you will still find a drinking well for horses Which were mainly used by horses carrying passengers.
Judge: _"You are charged with murder. How do you plead?"_ Me: _"Well in my defence, he was a Scotsman, I killed him in York with my bow and arrow, and it wasn't a sunday."_ Judge: _"Oh I guess you're free to go then."_
Well not quite right. Every Englishman has duty to practice his skills with a long now Any Scotsman who is killed by a long now in pursuance of the law is protected by that law for the offense of murder.
“Allo allo allo, what’s all this then? I arrest yewww for being in possession of Polish potatoes with salmon filling in suspicious circumstances while carrying a plank and wearing a suit of armour in Parliament”
The Polish potato thing (it's a disease control measure) seems pretty sensible to me, not at all weird - you try carrying organic products into Australia and see how far you get, draconian as Oz laws might seem, they're there for a good reason. PS/ I (a Scot) have been in York on a Sunday & other days too and I live to tell the tale ;)
The potato law is very serious, it could wipe out the entire potato crop. The Colorado beetle destroyed the potato crop and was supposedly responsible for a million deaths in the 18 century.
@@stevetaylor8698 It has actually been proven that if people stand on both the right and left it improves throughput. Unfortunately there is no arguing with tradition.
@@mikecollins8936 yeah, never look at the escalators engineering video about how standing on one side really does alot of damage too. It has a couple of clips when escalators go wrong. 😬
Loved the tutting at the back of people's heads when they cut a queue, it's like when a parent or teacher says to you "I'm not mad at you, just disappointed.🙂
Knocking on a door and legging it Seen by many as a harmless children’s game, knocking on someone’s door and running away is actually illegal under the 1839 law. It makes it an offence to “wilfully and wantonly disturb any inhabitant by pulling or ringing any door-bell or knocking at any door without lawful excuse”.
#10 was a very sensible law - burglar alarms used to go off when the residents were away, sometimes on holiday, and no one could stop them - utter hell for the neighbours because they would not stop ringing.
The correct phrase you are searching for is: "The weirdest British law......that is still on the statute book...." OR: "The weirdest British law..... that has never been repealed...."
There used to be a pretty standard quiz question about the four remaining offences that carried the death penalty in the UK, but since the death penalty was abolished for all offences in 1998 it no longer applies. For information though, the four offences that still carried a death penalty after murder stopped being a capital offence were: 1) Espionage 2) Piracy with violence 3) High Treason 4) Arson in Her Majesty's Shipyard. So I suppose if you were paid by a foreign power to sail your ship into a British shipyard, and set light to a British ship, (with somebody still on board,) While shouting "Down with the Monarchy", your goose would probably have been cooked!
Funniest queue scenario I was in was a few years ago, it was outside the o2 in Birmingham. A lot of people were pushing to the front to be the first in the doors when they opened, however the o2 staff and security decided that instead of opening the front doors and enabling the queue jumpers to get their own way they opened the rear doors further up the road and all the people who had queued longest and were now at the back got to go in first. No tutting needed.
I don't know if it's still current , but when I was a kid in the 70's , it was still supposed to be illegal to push a pram on the pavement and London cab drivers were still required by law to carry a bail of hay , presumably because the original "Hackney carriage" was horse drawn 🤭
Shaun W. I think the last labour government repealed all these odd laws in 2010. However I think it’s still illegal to have a wheeled vehicle on the pavement ( push chairs, skateboards, bikes, etc) not sure about wheelchairs though. I’m sure the government will still try to screw them as much as possible ....
Interesting post. Perusing the suit of armour in Parliament one, if you watch the next time PM’s questions is on the TV, you’ll see that in front of each of the opposing benches there is a red line on the floor, the red lines are two sword lengths apart and no member of Parliament may cross the line towards the opposition while the house is in session. This is to prevent members of opposite parties from sword fighting while engaged on royal business (which is what Parliament is supposed to be) when Parliament is in session you’ll see members leaving and arriving by walking down the front of their own benches until they reach the lobby at the entrance to the house where the lines start/end.
These are English laws. There is no such thing as. “British law”. There are two distinct and independent legal systems in the UK, English law and Scottish law.
There is a law that has "sort of" maybeish been repealed that all boys over the age of 14 must report on Wednesday afternoon to their local Village Green for archery practice. Lol
In effect, this is where the American "_Right to bear arms_" comes from; much of American law was copied from English law of the time. English peasants were required to keep a longbow and practice on Sunday afternoon, maybe enforced by the local vicar. The thousands of rapid firing, long range bowmen, e.g. at The Battle of Hastings -1066, were not regular soldiers. As _Snag Prophet _ says above, UK laws are often 'repealed' or modified by further acts. The UK does not have a written Constitution; many in the USA defend their Constitution as *fact*, much as many, worldwide, believe that their Bible, Qran, Torah etc. are the literal truth and the word of their God / Deity.
@@TheAlanSaunders They were required to practice archery on a Sunday so that they could spend the rest of the week in York, looking for Scotsmen! (PS:- Were the Scots women spared?)
Obviously just skimmed the surface. I think Alanna could have had a book full of laws that are weird. Being weird is something we British are good at so I think it makes sense that we have some weird laws.
One that I always found funny is that you can be charged for being drunk in charge of a bicycle but not in charge of a horse - the horse is deemed to have input!
it's weirder than you think (from the Guardian - a UK newspaper) - Peculiar laws allowing the killing of Scotsmen in York (providing they are carrying a bow and arrow), forbidding anyone from dying in the houses of parliament and permitting women to go topless in Liverpool - if, that is, they work as a clerk in a tropical fish shop
@@simpleyak - But a Carter could urinate in the street so long as he was touching the rearmost wheel of his wagon. My father b:1921 claimed that Draymen, Milkmen etc. would urinate under cover of their apron whilst sat in the driving seat, "Everyone thought it was the horse"!
@@AdventuresAndNaps beware though - sometimes it's so full they won't let you in. Plan B - Churchill War Rooms. If you ask nicely I'm sure they'd let you film in there.
In the cloakrooms of the Houses of Parliament there are separate pegs for MP's swords. It's said that the government and opposition benches are positioned so an MP cannot quite reach an opposing MP with an outstretched sword.
Love the video. Regarding these "laws." You can say that: a) they are still in effect, b) they are still on the books, or c) that they have not been repealed.
'the one concerning men and sheep' was brought as a procecution for the first time in over a century in York Crown Court about thirty something years ago. The accused was breaking said law in the open in a field beside the Scarborough to Hull railway line, part of the way between Bridlington and Beverley. Unfortunately a train had to stop due to a mechanical problem and every one of the passengers on at least one side of said train witnessed the offence in action. (I'm aware of this because a friend of mine was one of the witnesses, and his pub banter was propped up by the event for months to come. One of his lines when relating the incident: "I shouted out of the window : 'Hey mate, are you shearing that sheep?' to which the offender replied: 'No. Bugger off and get your own!'"
@@DaveBartlett I seem to remember there was one around Eastbourne when I lived down there about 1980. The young man was of limited mental capacity as I recall, don't know what happened.
Can say "Burglar alarm" but struggles with "funnily enough" :-) Try asking a Glaswegian to say "purple burglar alarm"; that's good for a giggle... and many Germans can't say "squirrel".
I have quite a substantial list of places to visit in the UK (if you’re interested): **everything is in England unless stated as otherwise* *Medieval Cathedrals (+1 Baroque and +1 modern):* Lincoln Cathedral, Durham Cathedral *one of the best examples of 'romanesque' achitecture, York Minster, Ely Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral, Wells Cathedral, Winchester Cathedral *longest 'medieval' cathedral in Europe, Peterborough Cathedral, Norwich Cathedral, Gloucester Cathedral *specifically the incredible cloisters, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral *not medieval, but 17th century Baroque, Liverpool Cathedral *not medieval, but gothic revival (7th largest cathedral in the world). *These are my top 14. *Other interesting Medieval religious buildings:* King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, Tewkesbury Abbey *one of the best examples of ‘Romanesque’ architecture, Worcester Cathedral, Bath Abbey, St Albans Cathedral, Southwell Minster, Exeter Cathedral, Beverley Minster *one of the largest parish churches and a gothic masterpiece, Chester Cathedral, Ripon Cathedral *contains one of the oldest surviving parts of any cathedral in England - the crypt built somewhere around the year 672, St. George's Chapel, Windsor. *Some examples of other religious buildings e.g chapels/ abbeys/ cathedrals/ large parish church. *Medieval Abbey ruins:* Fountains Abbey, Whitby Abbey, Rievaulx Abbey, Glastonbury Abbey, Tintern Abbey (Wales), Battle Abbey *important as site of 1066 battle of Hastings. *Cities (historical as opposed to the more “modernised”) that are not the more popular London:* York, Bath, Edinburgh (Scotland), Canterbury, Cambridge, Lincoln, Oxford, Durham, Norwich, Norfolk, Wells, Somerset, Stirling (Scotland), Salisbury, Bristol *slightly more of a typical, “modern” city, yet retains large amounts of 18th century architecture, Ely, Chester, Aberdeen (Scotland), Winchester, Worcester, Worcestershire, Brighton *more of a “modern” example, but still retains loads of old streets and regency buildings, Lichfield, Exeter *Probably the most noticeably bombed city on the list (from WW2), yet still contains lots of historical buildings and streets, St Albans, Hertfordshire, Windsor town *officially a large town, Rochester, Kent *officially a town, but has a cathedral, Southwell *officially a town, but has a cathedral. *25 examples of different sized historical cities in England (+3 Scottish) other than London. Yet even the larger (more modernised) cities have great architectural features such as Liverpool with 'the three graces' and gigantic cathedral. *Pretty Cotswolds towns/ villages:* Castle Combe, Wiltshire, Burford, Oxfordshire, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, Corsham, Wiltshire, Bibury, Gloucestershire, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, Woodstock, Oxfordshire. *Here are 10 examples of Cotswolds towns/ villages. *Pretty villages (not in the Cotswolds region):* Lacock, Wiltshire, Kersey Village, Suffolk, Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire, Chiddingstone Village, Kent, Clovelly Village, Devon, Mousehole, Cornwall, Corfe Castle Village, Dorset, Shere, Surrey, Micheldever, Hampshire, Culross Village (Scotland), Staithes, North Yorkshire, Chilham Village, Kent, Polperro, Cornwall, Cockington Village, Devon, Hawkshead, Cumbria, Thaxted, Essex, Woburn Village, Bedfordshire, Castleton, Derbyshire, Wherwell, Hampshire, Milton Abbas, Dorset, Little Walsingham, Norfolk, Turville, Buckinghamshire, Abbotsbury, Dorset, Bakewell, Derbyshire, Wendens Ambo, Essex, Weobley, Herefordshire, Dorchester, Oxfordshire, West Lulworth Village, Dorset. *27 examples of pretty English Villages (+1 Scottish). *Pretty towns (not in the Cotswolds region):* Lavenham, Suffolk, Rye, East Sussex, Totnes, Devon, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, St Ives, Cornwall, Ludlow, Shropshire, Richmond, North Yorkshire, Arundel Town, West Sussex, Fowey, Cornwall, Stamford, Lincolnshire, Dartmouth, Devon, Sandwich, Kent, Oundle, Northamptonshire, Axbridge, Somerset, Whitby, North Yorkshire, Sherborne, Dorset, Frome, Somerset, Stratford-upon-Avon *probably the most famous on the list, Hastings Old Town, East Sussex, Malton, North Yorkshire, Lewes, East Sussex, Shaftesbury, Dorset, Uppingham, Rutland, Ledbury, Herefordshire, Lymington, Hampshire, Salcombe, Devon, Saffron Walden, Essex, *27 examples of pretty English Towns. *Medieval Castles:* Bodiam Castle, Conwy Castle (Wales), Tower of London, Warwick Castle, Alnwick Castle, Dover Castle, Caernarfon Castle (Wales), Leeds Castle, Raglan Castle (Wales). Bamburgh Castle, Arundel Castle, Eilean Donan Castle (Scotland), Windsor Castle, Castle Rising, Caerphilly Castle (Wales), Berkeley Castle, Castle Stalker (Scotland), Pembroke Castle, Harlech Castle (Wales), Bolton Castle, Caeverlock castle (Scotland) *only moated triangular castle in the world, Beaumaris Castle (Wales), Rochester Castle. *23 examples of English, Welsh and Scottish Castles - all in different sizes and conditions. *Medieval ‘moated’ Manor House / Medieval Manor [built before 1485]:* Haddon Hall, Stokesay Castle *smaller, but extremely unique medieval manor house, Knole House, Hever Castle, Oxburgh Hall, Herstmonceux Castle *rare as medieval brick, Ightham Mote, Penhurst Place, Brockhampton Estate, Herefordshire *minuature medieval manor house, Baddesley Clinton Manor, Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire *rare as medieval brick. *10 examples of medieval manors in England built before 1485, all different sizes - some with/ without moat. *Tudor [1485-1558], Elizabethan [1558-1603] or Jacobean [1603-1625] Palaces/ Great Houses:* Hampton Court Palace, Burghley House, Hardwick Hall, Hatfield House, Longleat House, Blickling Hall, Little Moreton Hall *example of a miniature Tudor Manor House, Audley End House, Highclere Castle *not an authentic Jacobean house, but was redesigned in the 19th century in that style, Sudbury Hall. *10 examples of large estates built between 1485-1625. *Classical Palaces/ Great Houses [around 1616-1800]:* Blenheim Palace, Chatsworth House, Castle Howard, Holkham Hall, Wilton House, Houghton Hall, Dyrham Park, Kedleston Hall, Belton House, Stourhead House. *10 examples of large estates built between 1616-1800. *Natural sites:* Lake District, Snowdonia National Park (Wales), Scottish Highlands (Scotland), Peak District, Yorkshire Dales, Brecon Beacons National Park (Wales), The Isle of Skye (Scotland), Northumberland National Park, Scottish Lochs (Scotland), Jurassic Coast. *10 examples of natural beauty in the UK. *Ruins - Neolithic/ Roman:* Stonehenge/ Avebury/ other stone circles, Hadrian’s wall - Roman, Roman Baths, Bath, Neolithic Monuments Orkney (Scotland), Fishbourne Roman Palace/ Bignor Roman Villa, Vindolanda Roman Fort/ Corbridge Roman Town, Portchester Castle (Roman remains)/ Roman lighthouse at Dover Castle. *Historical things to do in London that are “lesser-known”:* -Maritime Greenwich - the Baroque Maritime buildings in Greenwich - especially the ‘Painted Hall’ as well as ‘Queen’s House’, -Chiswick House - a Palladian Villa with lavish 17th/18th century interiors, and tranquil gardens, -The many ‘Baroque’ churches of London (other than St. Paul’s Cathedral) e.g ‘St Mary Le Strand’, -The hidden ‘medieval’ religious buildings e.g ‘St Bartholomew-the-Great church’, or non-religious buildings e.g ‘Westminster Hall’ (finished in 1097), -Another great painted ceiling in London (albeit much smaller than those in Greenwich) can be found in the ‘Banqueting House, Whitehall’, painted by Rubens, -Some of the surviving great houses of London such as ‘Syon House’ (with its incredible 18th century Neo-Classical Robert Adam interiors), ‘Ham House’ (such a rare 17th century survival), or some of the mansion houses such as ‘Spencer House’ or ‘Apsley House’. *This is a list that I made for an Australian friend of mine who wanted it focused on ‘historical’ places - so it may be worded strange in parts!*
@@hairyairey I once WALKED thru the drive thru at a place called Hardee's and shouted my order into the microphone while making " Vroom! Vroom!" noises! The employee yells back, "Could ya LOWER your voice, please?" So I gave her my deepest female tenor I could muster...."I SAID I WANT A..." LOL! High school was a great time!
@@hairyairey yes...they did but only because I "pulled up to the window " and started making engine noises. Lol! I told her it wasnt my fault she couldnt see my vehicle. Lol! She was mad as hell! It was more like "get your $#!@ and GO." I had followed behind a car, so it tripped off the drive thru alarm. That day, there was a big sign that said "for guests in vehicles only," so my best friend and I went back with her little brother's Big Wheel and Cozy Coupe. They threatened to call the po-po. Lol I think she and I were 16 at the time.
According to the ‘Seamen’s and Soldiers’ False Characters Act 1906’, no one in the UK is allowed to dress up as a member of the naval military and marine forces. Also, the salmon one was updated in 2009 to cover all fish.
It might be legal to kill a Scotsman within the York city walls but you would be arrested for carrying a bow and arrow and probably charged with terrorism offences. Other laws that may or may not be true, you can decide,. It is illegal to wash you car on a Sunday It is illegal to wear yellow in public on the Queens, or Kings, birthday It is illegal to fly the Union Flag upside down. It is illegal to import leeks into Wales without a licence It is a legal requirement for all bicycles to have a warning device, like a bell
Tutting at queue-jumpers is basically the strangers equivalent of your parents saying they aren't mad at you, they're just disappointed - except they are totally mad at you, trust me.
In Northern Ireland it is: Illegal to go to watch a movie on a Sunday At any checkpoint, an official can examine your eggs Illegal to export potatoes (hmm....do Tayto crisps count?!!) In the Republic, if a Leprachaun calls to your door you are required to give them a share of your dinner....!
The only ones who seem to do it in shops are Eastern Europeans-don''t think they have lines in their countries. Have seen English people try it on in the doctors surgery line outside though.
Physical violence is no answer to bad manners, my mother and grand mother said. Wrong. It is wrong to be told how to think and what to do next. Get angry and don't take crap from morons
@@AdventuresAndNaps Last time it happened was when I was stood waiting patiently in line at a Subway for ten minutes. A guy came through the door, shouted to his friend who was in front of me, walked past the line and then went into the toilets. He exited the toilets just as it was my turn to go up to the counter, stepped in front of me and proceeded to order. Giving him a "Tut" wouldn't have been enough as he was obviously an arsehole. 'What do you think you're doing?' 'Ordering some food.' 'Yeah, but you came in, went to the toilet and then jumped the line!' 'No I didn't.' 'Yes you f**king did you prick and you know full well that you did.' 'No need to be like that, mate.' '1. I'm not your mate and I never will be. 2. You haven't just skipped ahead of me, what about all these other people behind me?' (the people behind were in "Tut-Mode" trying not to get involved) Everything that he proceeded to order I called him a c**t for. 'Enjoy that Italian bread, you c**t', 'Enjoy that cucumber, you c**t', 'Trying to ignore me now are you? You c**t.', 'Enjoy that sweetcorn, you c**t.' etc. (I also very rarely use the "C word", especially around women) His face was redder than a tomato from embarrasment by the time he left. I wouldn't recommend such a tactic for you though. I'm big enough and ugly enough to handle myself if things did get violent.
One that was around when I was young - but since rescinded: Penalty for being found drunk in charge of a tandem (2 person bicycle) - fined a shilling (5p), 30 days in prison, OR deportation to Australia!!! :O
Not being able to carry a butter knife in public. So if you’re taking your own lunch to work and take cutlery; “Allo allo allo. You’re under arrest for possession of a knife with intent to spread butter. Or worse, margarine.” Great video 👍🏻🏴🇬🇧🇨🇦.
The last one makes sense because if you don't have someone to turn the alarm off it can go on all night and that is extremely annoying when you know it was a probably a spider or leaf that set the thing off and even if it was a burglar they'd have got away because everyone ignores alarms (if they can).
As far as I know there is an 'override' in that new laws are enforced over any old laws that are still on the books. There are almost certainly thousands of weird and obscure things written down, but they *cannot* take precedence over a newer law relevant to the subject...
With respect to the Scotsman in York myth. The City of York Council said in response to a FoIA request: "After an extensive search of our records I can confirm that there are no records of any Scotsmen being legally shot with a bow and arrow in the last ten years. There is however a vague recollection of an alleged occurrence several centuries ago which involved a group of men from the Nottingham area, dressed in green, who were enjoying a stag night in York." The Law Commission said: "It is illegal to shoot a Welsh or Scottish (or any other) person regardless of the day, location or choice of weaponry." There is a similar myth where its legal in Chester's walls to kill a Welshman.
@@RiverMersey The BBC did a very good expose of how dangerous their policy was - where someone not on the scene gives the order for lethal force. Not even the IDF do that.
Technically the death penalty was abolished in May 1999 (with no publicity) with the ratification of protocol 6 of the ECHR. In reality, trigger happy armed police officers...
@@hairyairey yes, I do remember that program - and to be fair to the officers who were tracing their suspect, they did report that they lost contact. Despite that, live incident room (remote from the action) instructed the officers to guess who and where the suspect was. Eventually, JCdM was misidentified as the suspect and shot dead on a London tube train
Really kind of weird ones 😂 - btw appreciate your hardwork towards your channel 🙂..... I have recently become a subscriber and enjoy watching your stuff a lot ma'am🙂 ..... Keep going 💯 and congratulations for crossing 50k subs.
In this week's video: Alanna becomes the po-po and lays down the law of the land. I like hearing about these old laws and some of the ridiculous stuff people came up with back in times of yore.
The Scotsman in York one is also cited as Welshmen in Chester. Meanwhile, the text of the "Salmon in suspicious circumstances" law explains further: it's an offence for any person who receives or disposes of any salmon in circumstances where they believe, or could reasonably believe, that the salmon has been illegally fished; while the "Metropolitan Police District" is central London -Tom Scott did a video six years ago on "Ten Illegal Things To Do In London".
If you really want a laugh, look up about being awarded the Key to the City of London. It is an award that is still given to certain people to this day. Honestly, what these people are given the right to do will astound you. And yes its 2020 and its still awarded! how about.... You are granted to cross Tower Bridge with your sheep! 🤣🤣🤣
Bill : with regard for crossing Tower Bridge with your sheep when bestowed with the key to the City of London, I should think so! How else am I going to get down the Old Kent Rd with them? They will never make it swimming the Thames!
These situations tend to come about as the British legal system is essentially newest law (or precedent) wins in all relevant scenarios, and that it is an annoying bureaucratic process to officially remove laws. So rather than waste time, governments don't bother removing something that is meaningless due to countless newer laws overlapping in many ways.
Hey, I've got one for you: you will know that car/van/lorry drivers are required to have a driving licence, which they might lose if they exceed proscribed speed limits. However, cyclists are not required to have a licence so they are subject to a different law that prohibits "furious pedalling".
However, if you commit a road traffic offence whilst cycling and are carrying your driving licence, that licence can be endorsed with penalty points. If you are stopped while cycling for reasons such as speeding/red light offences etc, DO NOT disclose that you are carrying your licence, not even to prove your ID. Also it is illegal to push your bike across the road when traffic lights show red, however it is fine to carry the bike, which then becomes luggage.
Regarding queues - when they introduced self-service in supermarkets there was no established queuing system. There were 8 checkouts, sometimes I would go and the queue was for all 8, sometimes it was for two groups of four and sometimes for individual tills. I joined one queue and they seemed to be queuing for the furthest group of 4 tills, yet there was an empty till in the nearest group, so I went and started scanning my stuff. A loud woman from "ahead" of me shouted "excuse me, there's a queue!!". I said "Yes, I know." The attendant (who should really have been attending to the queue) said "serves her right for not paying attention." That's a British queue, coming from a brit. Supermarkets have since installed proper narrow entrances to the self-service areas. Places with established systems work well, like pubs where hundreds of people are crowded around a 50M long bar with only four servers. Works quite well! Or the Post office!! That's when the death penalty comes in, even if you just need to buy a postage stamp and the old lady in front of you have 15 parcels to send to various parts of Africa... Wait your turn! Aldi have it nailed. Long queue? Open another til. I've only got three items but the two ladies in from of me have full trolleys? Go ahead young man, you look like you're on lunch and we're both furloughed...
Parliament not around when Armour was used but if you see on the floor of Houses of Common there are two lines which are one and half sword lenghs apart in case of Arguments across the floor
Although the exact date when the English" Parliament" was created is a matter of historian quibble (1215 usually being one of the earliest dates), the consensus is that it began in the 13th century when Knights and some ordinary soldiers still did wear body armor.
The York law comes from the fact that York was the main city in the north of England. It's a walled city, and acts like a strategic castle from potential invasion from Scotland in the past when we were separate countries. It's basically an antiquated defensive law.
Love the channel, well done you 🍺 Also isn’t there another one that dates back to where horses pulled carts that every taxi must carry an amount of hay in the carriage to feed the horses, I don’t think that one has been with drawn even though the taxi is powered by petrol or diesel
One of the things I like about British laws is that they cover the whole country. How confusing it must be in America where each state has its own laws & they the think us Brits are crazy :)))
The Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 is not country wide, there is though, or was, a Town and Country Police Clauses Act that other police forces used. Of course things may have changed in the last 50 odd years since I left.
It is legal to shoot a Welshman within the city walls of Chester after dusk and within range of the walls outside unless he is facing away from the city (ie leaving). It is also illegal to bounce a tennis ball clockwise around the walls.
Cool video, I like hearing your perspective on our country. You might find this interesting: As someone who has held an alcohol license in the UK, I can tell you there is no legal definition of the word 'drunk'. So the purpose of that law is most likely to hand the power of discretion to the bartender over who he or she serves!
Intriguing stuff Alana and very well presented with precision and humour as always! Observation on instagram you had the ring on your fourth finger on your left hand again!!! Maybe something to tell us about😃 P.S when you doing another live blog whilst eating your supper!
I think that anyone carrying an offensive weapon, from whatever country in any public place in the UK would be in fear of being shot/electroshocked by the local Police on any day of the week. I also think York is an amazing City.
Except for Special Ops the regular POLICE in the UK are un-armed (dont know if they carry tasers, etc?) Armed miscreants would be arrested immediately or warned ( very sternly) to leave the premises immediately as they may upset some of the patrons. No "SECOND AMENDMENT" in the UK.
@@Frank-mm2yp You're sort of correct Frank. Because of our strict gun laws it's not necessary for our officers to regularly carry firearms. But, most towns and cities will have officers armed with electroshock devices.
Those Canadian geese you mentioned sound similar to our swans here in Australia. Our swans are graceful in the water, but if you get too close, they will attack without much warning.
Dont know why even tho im subscxribed and have been for well over a year I am not getting noticafications about your your videos being posted. It was nice to see that your still doing videos and keeping well in a county that has places called Leeds and Preston As for Canadian geese sounds like your friend needs to come to the UK as there every were just like Mallard ducks
The "drunk in charge" law is far more extensive than that. You can be charged with being drunk in charge of anything, like a lawn mower, a horse, a bicycle, a shovel, a dog, and anything else you can think of. BTW, all geese will attack you if you invade their territory. I remember a pub landlord who had 6 ordinary white geese in his garden when I was a kid. That was the one garden we kids could not invade to steal apples from the trees. Any attempt to climb over the fence was met by a lot of quacking and beaks.
We still stick to funny laws like the "RoadKill" law. If you run an Animal over you can not pick it up for food but the vehicle behind you can! Around me we have a lot of Deer and occassionally they get run over, Venison is expensive. There was someone recently on the local news... he only eats roadkill, Badger, Rabbit, Squirrel, Hedgehog! Basically anything, except Cats and Dogs? Loads of old laws long forgotten about, not as crazy as some foreign legislation as yes we Scots have never been that popular with the English, I think the English are still fair game in some parts of the Highlands and the Isles.
In London a person cannot flag down a cab or get on public transportation if they knowingly have the plague or other notifiable diseases. A law that was abolished in the late 70's was all London taxis must carry a bale of hay and a bag of oats in the boot of the taxi. Oh! and in Minehead Somerset there is a large flock of Canadian geese you can feed by hand. Great video again.
Fascinating video! I placed a quick check. Apparently there are no records of a Scotsman ever receiving a sharp arrow in York. I think they either only visit on Sunday's or move too fast! Education time: It is said said that the Scots introduced marmalade into the English breakfast. If you didn't know, one of the greatest Scotsman to ever have lived was James Clerk Maxwell FRS FRSE (13 June 1831 - 5 November 1879) A Scottish scientist in the field of mathematical physics. Einstein, when he visited the University of Cambridge in 1922, was told by his host that he had done great things because he stood on Newton's shoulders; Einstein replied: "No I don't. I stand on the shoulders of Maxwell". I hope your necklace is OK? Thanks for uploading. Liked.
Depending where you do it or what it is you're queuing for, you may get away with queue jumping. Don't ever try it if you are in the queue for Grasmere Gingerbread though because you'll end up in A&E......
The gap between left and right benches of the house of commons (red lines) is measured in sword lengths. Parliamentary procedure is brilliant - because Black Rod is the Queens rep they have to ask permission to enter the House of Commons. The Queen is banned while parliament is in session. There are similar laws about shooting Welshmen in Shropshire.
Off to Wethers tonight to make some citizen arrests. Tell you how i do on Friday when i'm back from A&E
Just tell them I sent you
@@AdventuresAndNaps i absolutely will :)
Before heading off for a daytrip to York.
Gary Parsons See, you couldn’t do that in America. You’d have a bill to pay after coming out of the ER 😐 At least we can get beat up for free 😬
Gary: DON'T wear the Wetherspoon's uniform: it's almost identical to police clothing - except the protective gear.
There's no such thing as a citizen's arrest any more. In the UK there it's now comes under section 24a of the police and criminal act 1984 which is - Arrest without warrant: other persons 1) A person other than a constable may arrest without a warrant. Calling it a citizens arrest is wrong, imagine you're not a citizen and you see a crime, you now don't have a power of arrest.
Also it's an offence to be drunk in a public place, but its not really enforced unless your being a bit of a idiot, then it's usually Drunk and disorderly. (Every person found drunk in any highway or other public place, whether a building or not, or on any licensed premises, shall be liable to a penalty) :D
The Queen doesn't want the beached whales any more - that's why she made her son the Prince Of Whales.
The Old ones are the BEST :-))
Should be Prince of Wails.
So funny thanks
Boom nice
I feel sorry for Charles, his only purpose in life is to wait for his mother to die. He is in his 70's and his career has yet to start.
Sir, are you intending to handle that salmon suspiciously?
No, ma'am, I was merely intending to fillet!
I'm just a poor old sole with an empty plaice waiting for something to fillet.
Paul Wallace ....bloody awful, consider yourself banned for such a terrible joke. There’s a special plaice in hull for those who fish for cheap skate gags like that.
haha :D
sounds fishy to me...
He has no sole
A good “tut” is normally all it takes to shame someone.
Funnily enough, these laws are so absurd that everyone ignores them
What you on about. The police raid pubs all the time.
Not really, its just the formatting. Every previous law still exists but has an asterix next to it saying "except no" etc and various Acts of Parliament, whichever is the most recent, will superceed whatever.
So the legality of raping your spouse, for instance (which wasn't a crime 30 years ago) would technically still have a line about your spouse being your being your property, but various acts or law since will then say "except they're not your property" etc. That's just the way laws are written.
They don't delete stuff, they just add clarifications at the bottom. If they wanted to make your spouse your property again then that would require a new act of parliament to say "they're your property again".
TheSwiftAssassin 7105 no, but most pubs will stop serving alcohol to patrons that are obviously drunk
@@rubysoffner4557 The pub will be breaking the law serving a drink to someone who is drunk so they might be disinclined to accuse anyone they have served of being drunk
Like being able to (though it'd be murder of course that's trump this one of course) used to least legally speaking could kill a Scot in York as long as it was within the city walls and had to be specifically with a crossbow, or so I have been told, not sure if that law even exists still.
I don’t care if it’s not true, I’m still trying to get my Scottish ex husband to visit York with me 😂
Helen Christie it’s true, you can shoot a Scotsman here with a bow and arrow
@@thechadsyndrome You really can't!
Nah, its a Welshman in Chester
@@wyterabitt2149 well, I did shoot one at my half scottish mate in the middle of town a fair few years ago. Didn't get arrested. Maybe I was just lucky hahahaha 😂
@@wyterabitt2149 just to add, it did have a sucker on the end rather than an actual arrow ;b
This one's still on the statute book: 'It is illegal for a Canadian living in Kent, England to conduct a RUclips video in front of an extended grey sofa about wacky English laws'. 😀
One that always sticks in my mind: London Taxi cabs must carry a bale of hay at all times
It's not just London cab drivers It's any hackney carriage driver throughout the UK. This law was brought In sometime around about 18th century when taxis were driven by horses And not cars.That's the reason they had to have a baler of hay and a bucket of water. Furthermore if you look around certain places throughout the UK you will still find a drinking well for horses Which were mainly used by horses carrying passengers.
Also the cab driver is permitted to urinate onto the front wheel so he can prevent his horse from bolting.
Nick Page whaaaat !
Well, that was for the Dobbins, in the age if horses and carriages, you see.
I believe this one was removed sometime in the mid-90's.
Judge: _"You are charged with murder. How do you plead?"_
Me: _"Well in my defence, he was a Scotsman, I killed him in York with my bow and arrow, and it wasn't a sunday."_
Judge: _"Oh I guess you're free to go then."_
Well not quite right.
Every Englishman has duty to practice his skills with a long now
Any Scotsman who is killed by a long now in pursuance of the law is protected by that law for the offense of murder.
This should also apply to French people. We should ask for an amendment.
I think the phrase you are looking for is "On the statute books".
stevegrim applicable?
Or "in effect".
@@hughtube5154
Or 'extant'.
Or the most obvious of them all, 'still legal'.
Enforce
“Allo allo allo, what’s all this then? I arrest yewww for being in possession of Polish potatoes with salmon filling in suspicious circumstances while carrying a plank and wearing a suit of armour in Parliament”
Take them to the tower!!
@@AdventuresAndNaps Yes! Off with their head!
The Polish potato thing (it's a disease control measure) seems pretty sensible to me, not at all weird - you try carrying organic products into Australia and see how far you get, draconian as Oz laws might seem, they're there for a good reason. PS/ I (a Scot) have been in York on a Sunday & other days too and I live to tell the tale ;)
The potato law is very serious, it could wipe out the entire potato crop. The Colorado beetle destroyed the potato crop and was supposedly responsible for a million deaths in the 18 century.
Political Correctness gone mad, lol
My family are from York. My dad is Scottish I think he was a little worried when my mum took up archery :)
In London the only rule that matters is don't stand on the left on escalators.
I always stand on the right and put my suitcase on the left - just to annoy them
@@stevetaylor8698 It has actually been proven that if people stand on both the right and left it improves throughput. Unfortunately there is no arguing with tradition.
Tut tut... 😒
@@mikecollins8936 yeah, never look at the escalators engineering video about how standing on one side really does alot of damage too. It has a couple of clips when escalators go wrong. 😬
Drive on the left, stand on the right. One of many English traditions invented purely to confuse visitors.
Loved the tutting at the back of people's heads when they cut a queue, it's like when a parent or teacher says to you "I'm not mad at you, just disappointed.🙂
“Go to the back of the queue”.
“I cannot good Sir. That spot is already taken”.
LMAO! You are officially English "I'm sorry, the penalty is DEATH" for jumping the queue lol.
its very unfortunate that a man was actually killed for it
look up Jean Charles de Menezes
@@JJDarkside101 He was running from the police as he thought they were after him as his visa had expired. I know who he is.
Knocking on a door and legging it
Seen by many as a harmless children’s game, knocking on someone’s door and running away is actually illegal under the 1839 law.
It makes it an offence to “wilfully and wantonly disturb any inhabitant by pulling or ringing any door-bell or knocking at any door without lawful excuse”.
"If I ever see you handling a salmon in a suspicious way I will find you and I will get you!" Do you have a very particular set of skills? Lol 😂
I'm fairly confident that Alanna has never tried to Poach a Salmon,making her the ideal person to catch Suspecious Salmon wrangling!
#10 was a very sensible law - burglar alarms used to go off when the residents were away, sometimes on holiday, and no one could stop them - utter hell for the neighbours because they would not stop ringing.
I've definitely carried a beached plank while drunk in a pub before. Should I be in jail?
Call the police!!
Were you carrying it, "suspiciously"?
Was it imported from Poland?
As long as you activated the burglar alarm and nominated someone to hold the key, then you should be alright 💪
The correct phrase you are searching for is:
"The weirdest British law......that is still on the statute book...." OR:
"The weirdest British law..... that has never been repealed...."
'Rescinded'....may suffice here, perchance ?
...still current
One of my favourite offences was being "an incorrigible rogue" - introduced by the Vagrancy Act 1824, it was only repealed in 2013.
Phew, had me worried for a minute there.
@Astir01 Presumably :)
There used to be a pretty standard quiz question about the four remaining offences that carried the death penalty in the UK, but since the death penalty was abolished for all offences in 1998 it no longer applies.
For information though, the four offences that still carried a death penalty after murder stopped being a capital offence were:
1) Espionage
2) Piracy with violence
3) High Treason
4) Arson in Her Majesty's Shipyard.
So I suppose if you were paid by a foreign power to sail your ship into a British shipyard, and set light to a British ship, (with somebody still on board,) While shouting "Down with the Monarchy", your goose would probably have been cooked!
As long as it's your own goose you're cooking, as it used to be a capital offence to cook a goose you didn't own!
Funniest queue scenario I was in was a few years ago, it was outside the o2 in Birmingham. A lot of people were pushing to the front to be the first in the doors when they opened, however the o2 staff and security decided that instead of opening the front doors and enabling the queue jumpers to get their own way they opened the rear doors further up the road and all the people who had queued longest and were now at the back got to go in first. No tutting needed.
That's incredible!
Wonderful! and, despite everything going on I am so proud to live in a country with such eccentric laws!
I don't know if it's still current , but when I was a kid in the 70's , it was still supposed to be illegal to push a pram on the pavement and London cab drivers were still required by law to carry a bail of hay , presumably because the original "Hackney carriage" was horse drawn 🤭
Shawn W, that's funny!!!! "Madam, please push the pram ONLY in the streets. I shan't tell you again..."
@@heyokaempath5802 I know right ! 🤣
Actually this is completely true. The only wheeled vehicle allowed on the pavement is an invalid carriage. Everything else is illegal.
Shaun W. I think the last labour government repealed all these odd laws in 2010. However I think it’s still illegal to have a wheeled vehicle on the pavement ( push chairs, skateboards, bikes, etc) not sure about wheelchairs though. I’m sure the government will still try to screw them as much as possible ....
@@hairyairey Crikey, I just had visions of somebody driving an old Invacar on the footpath! 🤣
Interesting post. Perusing the suit of armour in Parliament one, if you watch the next time PM’s questions is on the TV, you’ll see that in front of each of the opposing benches there is a red line on the floor, the red lines are two sword lengths apart and no member of Parliament may cross the line towards the opposition while the house is in session. This is to prevent members of opposite parties from sword fighting while engaged on royal business (which is what Parliament is supposed to be) when Parliament is in session you’ll see members leaving and arriving by walking down the front of their own benches until they reach the lobby at the entrance to the house where the lines start/end.
Queue jumpers should have a queue of their own; imagine what that would look like! 😉
Brilliant!
With no one on the till.
No! don't stop rambling. Your rambles are so you and very real and entertaining. Love your videos. X.
"weirdest British law that is still..."
"...extant."
TY for the vid!
That's laws are soooo weird an old fashioned... Can't believe there still official. Amazing video, just love it...
These are English laws. There is no such thing as. “British law”. There are two distinct and independent legal systems in the UK, English law and Scottish law.
Oh keep your hair on Jock.
SvenTviking Whatever mate.
@Anil Löeb Like Grounds Keeper Willie.
Is England a country, if so is the UK a country as well?
@@gizdonk yes
I look forward to watching your videos every week Alanna to see what topic you are going to talk about. Brilliant, as usual!
That's so kind, thank you!!
The same urban legend applies if a Welsh man is found in chester🤔
And Lincoln. I notice all these are cathedral cities.
@@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21 are these old walled cities too?
@@sphericalseeker4446 Yes. Good point.
@Caradoc Elmet hey, nothing wrong in knowing your stuff🤓
i've heard this few times before, but never about the scot
Hahaha, I love it. Makes me so happy to be British knowing the law is behind us. Thanks for another happy tuesday
There is a law that has "sort of" maybeish been repealed that all boys over the age of 14 must report on Wednesday afternoon to their local Village Green for archery practice. Lol
Partially repealed in 1863. finally repealed in 1960.
@@stephenphillip5656 Took them long enough eh ;)
In effect, this is where the American "_Right to bear arms_" comes from; much of American law was copied from English law of the time. English peasants were required to keep a longbow and practice on Sunday afternoon, maybe enforced by the local vicar. The thousands of rapid firing, long range bowmen, e.g. at The Battle of Hastings -1066, were not regular soldiers. As _Snag Prophet
_ says above, UK laws are often 'repealed' or modified by further acts. The UK does not have a written Constitution; many in the USA defend their Constitution as *fact*, much as many, worldwide, believe that their Bible, Qran, Torah etc. are the literal truth and the word of their God / Deity.
@@TheAlanSaunders They were required to practice archery on a Sunday so that they could spend the rest of the week in York, looking for Scotsmen! (PS:- Were the Scots women spared?)
As long as they don't meet there for knife practice, instead!
I am amazed that you only found 10 of our laws weird.
Obviously just skimmed the surface. I think Alanna could have had a book full of laws that are weird. Being weird is something we British are good at so I think it makes sense that we have some weird laws.
Come on BBC....there must be a programme Alanna can present.....she’s made for TV.....
Hire me!!
Crimewatch (Medieval Edition)
Masterchef 2020
A BBC Three programme definitely.
Canuck Cook, Wonuck Cook ?
One that I always found funny is that you can be charged for being drunk in charge of a bicycle but not in charge of a horse - the horse is deemed to have input!
The award for the most inventive ways to rephrase "still in effect" goes to our friend Alanna =)
it's weirder than you think (from the Guardian - a UK newspaper) - Peculiar laws allowing the killing of Scotsmen in York (providing they are carrying a bow and arrow), forbidding anyone from dying in the houses of parliament and permitting women to go topless in Liverpool - if, that is, they work as a clerk in a tropical fish shop
Ay alana, theres the law, a pregnant lady is allowed to piss in a police mans helmet
Julian Fogg unfortunately that’s just a myth and not a real law
@@simpleyak - But a Carter could urinate in the street so long as he was touching the rearmost wheel of his wagon. My father b:1921 claimed that Draymen, Milkmen etc. would urinate under cover of their apron whilst sat in the driving seat, "Everyone thought it was the horse"!
......and Hansom cab drivers were allowed to urinate against a wheel of their vehicle. Not sure if that's still in force.
Nope, not a law at all.
@@keithclements5148 wouldn't that make the wheel slippery when turning it.
I honestly enjoy when you ramble on, it's fun!
The phrase you were looking for is " Still on the statute books". You should go on tour of the houses of parliament sometime, it's worth doing.
Sounds cool!!
@@AdventuresAndNaps A friend took me for a tour a couple of months ago it was amazing to see. Book a tour, you wont regret it.
@@AdventuresAndNaps beware though - sometimes it's so full they won't let you in. Plan B - Churchill War Rooms. If you ask nicely I'm sure they'd let you film in there.
In the cloakrooms of the Houses of Parliament there are separate pegs for MP's swords. It's said that the government and opposition benches are positioned so an MP cannot quite reach an opposing MP with an outstretched sword.
@@AdventuresAndNaps Wearing a suit of amour
Love the video. Regarding these "laws." You can say that: a) they are still in effect, b) they are still on the books, or c) that they have not been repealed.
Taken 4 : Suspicious Salmon Handling
I'm so glad you didn't quote the one concerning men and sheep, which is forbidden everywhere . . . except Buxton.
'the one concerning men and sheep' was brought as a procecution for the first time in over a century in York Crown Court about thirty something years ago. The accused was breaking said law in the open in a field beside the Scarborough to Hull railway line, part of the way between Bridlington and Beverley. Unfortunately a train had to stop due to a mechanical problem and every one of the passengers on at least one side of said train witnessed the offence in action. (I'm aware of this because a friend of mine was one of the witnesses, and his pub banter was propped up by the event for months to come. One of his lines when relating the incident: "I shouted out of the window : 'Hey mate, are you shearing that sheep?' to which the offender replied: 'No. Bugger off and get your own!'"
@@DaveBartlett I seem to remember there was one around Eastbourne when I lived down there about 1980. The young man was of limited mental capacity as I recall, don't know what happened.
Can say "Burglar alarm" but struggles with "funnily enough" :-)
Try asking a Glaswegian to say "purple burglar alarm"; that's good for a giggle... and many Germans can't say "squirrel".
An American saying space ghetto sounds like a Glaswegian saying spice girl 🤣
I have quite a substantial list of places to visit in the UK (if you’re interested): **everything is in England unless stated as otherwise*
*Medieval Cathedrals (+1 Baroque and +1 modern):*
Lincoln Cathedral,
Durham Cathedral *one of the best examples of 'romanesque' achitecture,
York Minster,
Ely Cathedral,
Canterbury Cathedral,
Salisbury Cathedral,
Wells Cathedral,
Winchester Cathedral *longest 'medieval' cathedral in Europe,
Peterborough Cathedral,
Norwich Cathedral,
Gloucester Cathedral *specifically the incredible cloisters,
Westminster Abbey,
St. Paul's Cathedral *not medieval, but 17th century Baroque,
Liverpool Cathedral *not medieval, but gothic revival (7th largest cathedral in the world).
*These are my top 14.
*Other interesting Medieval religious buildings:*
King’s College Chapel, Cambridge,
Tewkesbury Abbey *one of the best examples of ‘Romanesque’ architecture,
Worcester Cathedral,
Bath Abbey,
St Albans Cathedral,
Southwell Minster,
Exeter Cathedral,
Beverley Minster *one of the largest parish churches and a gothic masterpiece,
Chester Cathedral,
Ripon Cathedral *contains one of the oldest surviving parts of any cathedral in England - the crypt built somewhere around the year 672,
St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
*Some examples of other religious buildings e.g chapels/ abbeys/ cathedrals/ large parish church.
*Medieval Abbey ruins:*
Fountains Abbey,
Whitby Abbey,
Rievaulx Abbey,
Glastonbury Abbey,
Tintern Abbey (Wales),
Battle Abbey *important as site of 1066 battle of Hastings.
*Cities (historical as opposed to the more “modernised”) that are not the more popular London:*
York,
Bath,
Edinburgh (Scotland),
Canterbury,
Cambridge,
Lincoln,
Oxford,
Durham,
Norwich, Norfolk,
Wells, Somerset,
Stirling (Scotland),
Salisbury,
Bristol *slightly more of a typical, “modern” city, yet retains large amounts of 18th century architecture,
Ely,
Chester,
Aberdeen (Scotland),
Winchester,
Worcester, Worcestershire,
Brighton *more of a “modern” example, but still retains loads of old streets and regency buildings,
Lichfield,
Exeter *Probably the most noticeably bombed city on the list (from WW2), yet still contains lots of historical buildings and streets,
St Albans, Hertfordshire,
Windsor town *officially a large town,
Rochester, Kent *officially a town, but has a cathedral,
Southwell *officially a town, but has a cathedral.
*25 examples of different sized historical cities in England (+3 Scottish) other than London. Yet even the larger (more modernised) cities have great architectural features such as Liverpool with 'the three graces' and gigantic cathedral.
*Pretty Cotswolds towns/ villages:*
Castle Combe, Wiltshire,
Burford, Oxfordshire,
Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire,
Cirencester, Gloucestershire,
Corsham, Wiltshire,
Bibury, Gloucestershire,
Winchcombe, Gloucestershire,
Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire,
Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire,
Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
*Here are 10 examples of Cotswolds towns/ villages.
*Pretty villages (not in the Cotswolds region):*
Lacock, Wiltshire,
Kersey Village, Suffolk,
Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire,
Chiddingstone Village, Kent,
Clovelly Village, Devon,
Mousehole, Cornwall,
Corfe Castle Village, Dorset,
Shere, Surrey,
Micheldever, Hampshire,
Culross Village (Scotland),
Staithes, North Yorkshire,
Chilham Village, Kent,
Polperro, Cornwall,
Cockington Village, Devon,
Hawkshead, Cumbria,
Thaxted, Essex,
Woburn Village, Bedfordshire,
Castleton, Derbyshire,
Wherwell, Hampshire,
Milton Abbas, Dorset,
Little Walsingham, Norfolk,
Turville, Buckinghamshire,
Abbotsbury, Dorset,
Bakewell, Derbyshire,
Wendens Ambo, Essex,
Weobley, Herefordshire,
Dorchester, Oxfordshire,
West Lulworth Village, Dorset.
*27 examples of pretty English Villages (+1 Scottish).
*Pretty towns (not in the Cotswolds region):*
Lavenham, Suffolk,
Rye, East Sussex,
Totnes, Devon,
Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria,
St Ives, Cornwall,
Ludlow, Shropshire,
Richmond, North Yorkshire,
Arundel Town, West Sussex,
Fowey, Cornwall,
Stamford, Lincolnshire,
Dartmouth, Devon,
Sandwich, Kent,
Oundle, Northamptonshire,
Axbridge, Somerset,
Whitby, North Yorkshire,
Sherborne, Dorset,
Frome, Somerset,
Stratford-upon-Avon *probably the most famous on the list,
Hastings Old Town, East Sussex,
Malton, North Yorkshire,
Lewes, East Sussex,
Shaftesbury, Dorset,
Uppingham, Rutland,
Ledbury, Herefordshire,
Lymington, Hampshire,
Salcombe, Devon,
Saffron Walden, Essex,
*27 examples of pretty English Towns.
*Medieval Castles:*
Bodiam Castle,
Conwy Castle (Wales),
Tower of London,
Warwick Castle,
Alnwick Castle,
Dover Castle,
Caernarfon Castle (Wales),
Leeds Castle,
Raglan Castle (Wales).
Bamburgh Castle,
Arundel Castle,
Eilean Donan Castle (Scotland),
Windsor Castle,
Castle Rising,
Caerphilly Castle (Wales),
Berkeley Castle,
Castle Stalker (Scotland),
Pembroke Castle,
Harlech Castle (Wales),
Bolton Castle,
Caeverlock castle (Scotland) *only moated triangular castle in the world,
Beaumaris Castle (Wales),
Rochester Castle.
*23 examples of English, Welsh and Scottish Castles - all in different sizes and conditions.
*Medieval ‘moated’ Manor House / Medieval Manor [built before 1485]:*
Haddon Hall,
Stokesay Castle *smaller, but extremely unique medieval manor house,
Knole House,
Hever Castle,
Oxburgh Hall,
Herstmonceux Castle *rare as medieval brick,
Ightham Mote,
Penhurst Place,
Brockhampton Estate, Herefordshire *minuature medieval manor house,
Baddesley Clinton Manor,
Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire *rare as medieval brick.
*10 examples of medieval manors in England built before 1485, all different sizes - some with/ without moat.
*Tudor [1485-1558], Elizabethan [1558-1603] or Jacobean [1603-1625] Palaces/ Great Houses:*
Hampton Court Palace,
Burghley House,
Hardwick Hall,
Hatfield House,
Longleat House,
Blickling Hall,
Little Moreton Hall *example of a miniature Tudor Manor House,
Audley End House,
Highclere Castle *not an authentic Jacobean house, but was redesigned in the 19th century in that style,
Sudbury Hall.
*10 examples of large estates built between 1485-1625.
*Classical Palaces/ Great Houses [around 1616-1800]:*
Blenheim Palace,
Chatsworth House,
Castle Howard,
Holkham Hall,
Wilton House,
Houghton Hall,
Dyrham Park,
Kedleston Hall,
Belton House,
Stourhead House.
*10 examples of large estates built between 1616-1800.
*Natural sites:*
Lake District,
Snowdonia National Park (Wales),
Scottish Highlands (Scotland),
Peak District,
Yorkshire Dales,
Brecon Beacons National Park (Wales),
The Isle of Skye (Scotland),
Northumberland National Park,
Scottish Lochs (Scotland),
Jurassic Coast.
*10 examples of natural beauty in the UK.
*Ruins - Neolithic/ Roman:*
Stonehenge/ Avebury/ other stone circles,
Hadrian’s wall - Roman,
Roman Baths, Bath,
Neolithic Monuments Orkney (Scotland),
Fishbourne Roman Palace/ Bignor Roman Villa,
Vindolanda Roman Fort/ Corbridge Roman Town,
Portchester Castle (Roman remains)/ Roman lighthouse at Dover Castle.
*Historical things to do in London that are “lesser-known”:*
-Maritime Greenwich - the Baroque Maritime buildings in Greenwich - especially the ‘Painted Hall’ as well as ‘Queen’s House’,
-Chiswick House - a Palladian Villa with lavish 17th/18th century interiors, and tranquil gardens,
-The many ‘Baroque’ churches of London (other than St. Paul’s Cathedral) e.g ‘St Mary Le Strand’,
-The hidden ‘medieval’ religious buildings e.g ‘St Bartholomew-the-Great church’, or non-religious buildings e.g ‘Westminster Hall’ (finished in 1097),
-Another great painted ceiling in London (albeit much smaller than those in Greenwich) can be found in the ‘Banqueting House, Whitehall’, painted by Rubens,
-Some of the surviving great houses of London such as ‘Syon House’ (with its incredible 18th century Neo-Classical Robert Adam interiors), ‘Ham House’ (such a rare 17th century survival), or some of the mansion houses such as ‘Spencer House’ or ‘Apsley House’.
*This is a list that I made for an Australian friend of mine who wanted it focused on ‘historical’ places - so it may be worded strange in parts!*
Wow, that's a busy weekend!
Definitely!
My favourite law is in Canada you can use a drive through on horseback only country 🇨🇦 so do you live in Kent?
McDonalds inter alia have been refusing people on horseback buying from the drive thru. Which is odd. Same for cyclists.
@@hairyairey I once WALKED thru the drive thru at a place called Hardee's and shouted my order into the microphone while making " Vroom! Vroom!" noises! The employee yells back, "Could ya LOWER your voice, please?" So I gave her my deepest female tenor I could muster...."I SAID I WANT A..."
LOL! High school was a great time!
@@heyokaempath5802 But did they serve you? I did manage to get served at a drive thru by bicycle once. It's still a vehicle!
@@hairyairey yes...they did but only because I "pulled up to the window " and started making engine noises. Lol! I told her it wasnt my fault she couldnt see my vehicle. Lol! She was mad as hell! It was more like "get your $#!@ and GO." I had followed behind a car, so it tripped off the drive thru alarm. That day, there was a big sign that said "for guests in vehicles only," so my best friend and I went back with her little brother's Big Wheel and Cozy Coupe. They threatened to call the po-po. Lol I think she and I were 16 at the time.
Love you vids ,your voice is lovely ,you keep me hanging on .keep it up xx
The phrase you're looking for is "still on the statute books".
Maybe she should of gotten that straight in her head before making the video.
According to the ‘Seamen’s and Soldiers’ False Characters Act 1906’, no one in the UK is allowed to dress up as a member of the naval military and marine forces. Also, the salmon one was updated in 2009 to cover all fish.
It might be legal to kill a Scotsman within the York city walls but you would be arrested for carrying a bow and arrow and probably charged with terrorism offences.
Other laws that may or may not be true, you can decide,.
It is illegal to wash you car on a Sunday
It is illegal to wear yellow in public on the Queens, or Kings, birthday
It is illegal to fly the Union Flag upside down.
It is illegal to import leeks into Wales without a licence
It is a legal requirement for all bicycles to have a warning device, like a bell
It is impossible to fly the union flag upside down.
@@alanwolske9772 Um, no it isn't. The flag isn't symmetrical so there is a correct way to hang it. 🙂
Tutting at queue-jumpers is basically the strangers equivalent of your parents saying they aren't mad at you, they're just disappointed - except they are totally mad at you, trust me.
How about weird Canadian laws? There are a few wacky laws in Ontario: one town has a internet speed limit!
Canadian laws would be a fun video, too! Thanks for the idea!
What??????
@@AdventuresAndNaps funnily enough LOL, lol, lol. sorry that was funny.
@@AdventuresAndNaps I know one. Marmite is banned in Canada. You're all missing out, it's lush!
As a Vancouverite, I support this plan!
Laws that haven’t been repealed are still on the books. Thought you’d like to know… Thanks for another entertaining video! 😄
Come quick I am handling a salmon. ps Bring your handcuffs.
Just popping over to York to get me some Scotsmen
Love you videos, keep it up. xx
In Northern Ireland it is:
Illegal to go to watch a movie on a Sunday
At any checkpoint, an official can examine your eggs
Illegal to export potatoes (hmm....do Tayto crisps count?!!)
In the Republic, if a Leprachaun calls to your door you are required to give them a share of your dinner....!
I'm not an aggressive person, but if someone jumps the queue then they're going to hear about it from me!
I get too embarrassed so I go for "tutting" instead
The only ones who seem to do it in shops are Eastern Europeans-don''t think they have lines in their countries. Have seen English people try it on in the doctors surgery line outside though.
Grab them by the shoulders and throw them, gently to the ground, after all, we are not animals like them .
Yet.
Physical violence is no answer to bad manners, my mother and grand mother said.
Wrong. It is wrong to be told how to think and what to do next.
Get angry and don't take crap from morons
@@AdventuresAndNaps Last time it happened was when I was stood waiting patiently in line at a Subway for ten minutes. A guy came through the door, shouted to his friend who was in front of me, walked past the line and then went into the toilets. He exited the toilets just as it was my turn to go up to the counter, stepped in front of me and proceeded to order. Giving him a "Tut" wouldn't have been enough as he was obviously an arsehole.
'What do you think you're doing?'
'Ordering some food.'
'Yeah, but you came in, went to the toilet and then jumped the line!'
'No I didn't.'
'Yes you f**king did you prick and you know full well that you did.'
'No need to be like that, mate.'
'1. I'm not your mate and I never will be.
2. You haven't just skipped ahead of me, what about all these other people behind me?' (the people behind were in "Tut-Mode" trying not to get involved)
Everything that he proceeded to order I called him a c**t for. 'Enjoy that Italian bread, you c**t', 'Enjoy that cucumber, you c**t', 'Trying to ignore me now are you? You c**t.', 'Enjoy that sweetcorn, you c**t.' etc. (I also very rarely use the "C word", especially around women)
His face was redder than a tomato from embarrasment by the time he left.
I wouldn't recommend such a tactic for you though. I'm big enough and ugly enough to handle myself if things did get violent.
One that was around when I was young - but since rescinded:
Penalty for being found drunk in charge of a tandem (2 person bicycle) - fined a shilling (5p), 30 days in prison, OR deportation to Australia!!! :O
It is illegal to downvote this video.
I fully support this law.
Not illegal, just stupid.
I don't know why anyone would ever waste their time doing it.
Not being able to carry a butter knife in public. So if you’re taking your own lunch to work and take cutlery;
“Allo allo allo. You’re under arrest for possession of a knife with intent to spread butter. Or worse, margarine.”
Great video 👍🏻🏴🇬🇧🇨🇦.
A pregnant women is allowed to pee in a policeman's helmet
This is an urban myth and not true!
This is a true law if court short in the highstreet they are aloud use of an officers centurion helmet(now called custodian helmets)
The last one makes sense because if you don't have someone to turn the alarm off it can go on all night and that is extremely annoying when you know it was a probably a spider or leaf that set the thing off and even if it was a burglar they'd have got away because everyone ignores alarms (if they can).
As far as I know there is an 'override' in that new laws are enforced over any old laws that are still on the books.
There are almost certainly thousands of weird and obscure things written down, but they *cannot* take precedence over a newer law relevant to the subject...
With respect to the Scotsman in York myth.
The City of York Council said in response to a FoIA request:
"After an extensive search of our records I can confirm that there are no records of any Scotsmen being legally shot with a bow and arrow in the last ten years. There is however a vague recollection of an alleged occurrence several centuries ago which involved a group of men from the Nottingham area, dressed in green, who were enjoying a stag night in York."
The Law Commission said:
"It is illegal to shoot a Welsh or Scottish (or any other) person regardless of the day, location or choice of weaponry."
There is a similar myth where its legal in Chester's walls to kill a Welshman.
“The penalty is death”
Ooooh awkward...
Look up Jean Charles de Menezes
Plus, the officer in charge of that operation is now the police chief!
@@RiverMersey The BBC did a very good expose of how dangerous their policy was - where someone not on the scene gives the order for lethal force. Not even the IDF do that.
Technically the death penalty was abolished in May 1999 (with no publicity) with the ratification of protocol 6 of the ECHR. In reality, trigger happy armed police officers...
@@hairyairey yes, I do remember that program - and to be fair to the officers who were tracing their suspect, they did report that they lost contact. Despite that, live incident room (remote from the action) instructed the officers to guess who and where the suspect was. Eventually, JCdM was misidentified as the suspect and shot dead on a London tube train
@@RiverMersey problem I have was the order to shoot was given before he was identified as a threat. The buck-passing is extraordinary.
Really kind of weird ones 😂 - btw appreciate your hardwork towards your channel 🙂..... I have recently become a subscriber and enjoy watching your stuff a lot ma'am🙂 ..... Keep going 💯 and congratulations for crossing 50k subs.
Thank you so much!!
In this week's video: Alanna becomes the po-po and lays down the law of the land.
I like hearing about these old laws and some of the ridiculous stuff people came up with back in times of yore.
“Alanna becomes the po - po.” That made me laugh.
5:28 "Funnily enough" is correct. No problem there.
Your thumbnail photoshop skills are becoming too powerful.
Bruh, I wish that was me... I have a very talented friend
@Adventures and Naps Then congratulate your friend on a job well done. :-)
I knew you would say snowboard before you said it. As soon as i read the caption i was waiting for it haha
The correct term is “on the statute books”
The Scotsman in York one is also cited as Welshmen in Chester.
Meanwhile, the text of the "Salmon in suspicious circumstances" law explains further: it's an offence for any person who receives or disposes of any salmon in circumstances where they believe, or could reasonably believe, that the salmon has been illegally fished; while the "Metropolitan Police District" is central London -Tom Scott did a video six years ago on "Ten Illegal Things To Do In London".
If you really want a laugh, look up about being awarded the Key to the City of London. It is an award that is still given to certain people to this day. Honestly, what these people are given the right to do will astound you. And yes its 2020 and its still awarded!
how about.... You are granted to cross Tower Bridge with your sheep! 🤣🤣🤣
Like this.
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Bill : with regard for crossing Tower Bridge with your sheep when bestowed with the key to the City of London, I should think so! How else am I going to get down the Old Kent Rd with them? They will never make it swimming the Thames!
These situations tend to come about as the British legal system is essentially newest law (or precedent) wins in all relevant scenarios, and that it is an annoying bureaucratic process to officially remove laws.
So rather than waste time, governments don't bother removing something that is meaningless due to countless newer laws overlapping in many ways.
Hey, I've got one for you: you will know that car/van/lorry drivers are required to have a driving licence, which they might lose if they exceed proscribed speed limits. However, cyclists are not required to have a licence so they are subject to a different law that prohibits "furious pedalling".
However, if you commit a road traffic offence whilst cycling and are carrying your driving licence, that licence can be endorsed with penalty points. If you are stopped while cycling for reasons such as speeding/red light offences etc, DO NOT disclose that you are carrying your licence, not even to prove your ID. Also it is illegal to push your bike across the road when traffic lights show red, however it is fine to carry the bike, which then becomes luggage.
Regarding queues - when they introduced self-service in supermarkets there was no established queuing system. There were 8 checkouts, sometimes I would go and the queue was for all 8, sometimes it was for two groups of four and sometimes for individual tills. I joined one queue and they seemed to be queuing for the furthest group of 4 tills, yet there was an empty till in the nearest group, so I went and started scanning my stuff. A loud woman from "ahead" of me shouted "excuse me, there's a queue!!". I said "Yes, I know." The attendant (who should really have been attending to the queue) said "serves her right for not paying attention."
That's a British queue, coming from a brit. Supermarkets have since installed proper narrow entrances to the self-service areas.
Places with established systems work well, like pubs where hundreds of people are crowded around a 50M long bar with only four servers. Works quite well!
Or the Post office!! That's when the death penalty comes in, even if you just need to buy a postage stamp and the old lady in front of you have 15 parcels to send to various parts of Africa... Wait your turn!
Aldi have it nailed. Long queue? Open another til. I've only got three items but the two ladies in from of me have full trolleys? Go ahead young man, you look like you're on lunch and we're both furloughed...
"On the statute" is the phrase you are looking for, but I loved your efforts to find suitable terms. Far more interesting than the "correct" term!
Parliament not around when Armour was used but if you see on the floor of Houses of Common there are two lines which are one and half sword lenghs apart in case of Arguments across the floor
Although the exact date when the English" Parliament" was created is a matter of historian quibble (1215 usually being one of the earliest dates), the consensus is that it began in the 13th century when Knights and some ordinary soldiers still did wear body armor.
The York law comes from the fact that York was the main city in the north of England. It's a walled city, and acts like a strategic castle from potential invasion from Scotland in the past when we were separate countries. It's basically an antiquated defensive law.
Love the channel, well done you 🍺 Also isn’t there another one that dates back to where horses pulled carts that every taxi must carry an amount of hay in the carriage to feed the horses, I don’t think that one has been with drawn even though the taxi is powered by petrol or diesel
One of the things I like about British laws is that they cover the whole country. How confusing it must be in America where each state has its own laws & they the think us Brits are crazy :)))
The Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 is not country wide, there is though, or was, a Town and Country Police Clauses Act that other police forces used. Of course things may have changed in the last 50 odd years since I left.
INcorrect - Criminal law applies to England and Wales. Scotland has it's own laws and judicial system.
It is legal to shoot a Welshman within the city walls of Chester after dusk and within range of the walls outside unless he is facing away from the city (ie leaving). It is also illegal to bounce a tennis ball clockwise around the walls.
Cool video, I like hearing your perspective on our country.
You might find this interesting:
As someone who has held an alcohol license in the UK, I can tell you there is no legal definition of the word 'drunk'.
So the purpose of that law is most likely to hand the power of discretion to the bartender over who he or she serves!
Very interesting!
Absolutely hilarious! Handling salmon in a suspicious way !
Intriguing stuff Alana and very well presented with precision and humour as always! Observation on instagram you had the ring on your fourth finger on your left hand again!!! Maybe something to tell us about😃
P.S when you doing another live blog whilst eating your supper!
56 thousand followers! Damn, A ! Another entertaining video, thanks!
Thanks for watching!
I think that anyone carrying an offensive weapon, from whatever country in any public place in the UK would be in fear of being shot/electroshocked by the local Police on any day of the week. I also think York is an amazing City.
Except for Special Ops the regular POLICE in the UK are un-armed (dont know if they carry tasers, etc?) Armed miscreants would be arrested immediately or warned ( very sternly) to leave the premises immediately as they may upset some of the patrons. No "SECOND AMENDMENT" in the UK.
@@Frank-mm2yp You're sort of correct Frank. Because of our strict gun laws it's not necessary for our officers to regularly carry firearms. But, most towns and cities will have officers armed with electroshock devices.
Those Canadian geese you mentioned sound similar to our swans here in Australia. Our swans are graceful in the water, but if you get too close, they will attack without much warning.
Dont know why even tho im subscxribed and have been for well over a year I am not getting noticafications about your your videos being posted.
It was nice to see that your still doing videos and keeping well in a county that has places called Leeds and Preston
As for Canadian geese sounds like your friend needs to come to the UK as there every were just like Mallard ducks
Brilliant video!
Thank you!
Arson on the docks of Liverpool was still a hangable offence certainly until a few years ago, and may still be.
The "drunk in charge" law is far more extensive than that. You can be charged with being drunk in charge of anything, like a lawn mower, a horse, a bicycle, a shovel, a dog, and anything else you can think of. BTW, all geese will attack you if you invade their territory. I remember a pub landlord who had 6 ordinary white geese in his garden when I was a kid. That was the one garden we kids could not invade to steal apples from the trees. Any attempt to climb over the fence was met by a lot of quacking and beaks.
We still stick to funny laws like the "RoadKill" law. If you run an Animal over you can not pick it up for food but the vehicle behind you can! Around me we have a lot of Deer and occassionally they get run over, Venison is expensive. There was someone recently on the local news... he only eats roadkill, Badger, Rabbit, Squirrel, Hedgehog! Basically anything, except Cats and Dogs? Loads of old laws long forgotten about, not as crazy as some foreign legislation as yes we Scots have never been that popular with the English, I think the English are still fair game in some parts of the Highlands and the Isles.
Alana, love the channel.
The proper term for a law that's still active is
"Still on the books"
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In London a person cannot flag down a cab or get on public transportation if they knowingly have the plague or other notifiable diseases. A law that was abolished in the late 70's was all London taxis must carry a bale of hay and a bag of oats in the boot of the taxi. Oh! and in Minehead Somerset there is a large flock of Canadian geese you can feed by hand. Great video again.
Fascinating video! I placed a quick check. Apparently there are no records of a Scotsman ever receiving a sharp arrow in York. I think they either only visit on Sunday's or move too fast!
Education time:
It is said said that the Scots introduced marmalade into the English breakfast.
If you didn't know, one of the greatest Scotsman to ever have lived was James Clerk Maxwell FRS FRSE (13 June 1831 - 5 November 1879) A Scottish scientist in the field of mathematical physics. Einstein, when he visited the University of Cambridge in 1922, was told by his host that he had done great things because he stood on Newton's shoulders; Einstein replied: "No I don't. I stand on the shoulders of Maxwell".
I hope your necklace is OK? Thanks for uploading. Liked.
Depending where you do it or what it is you're queuing for, you may get away with queue jumping. Don't ever try it if you are in the queue for Grasmere Gingerbread though because you'll end up in A&E......
The gap between left and right benches of the house of commons (red lines) is measured in sword lengths. Parliamentary procedure is brilliant - because Black Rod is the Queens rep they have to ask permission to enter the House of Commons. The Queen is banned while parliament is in session. There are similar laws about shooting Welshmen in Shropshire.