Before 1872 all Parlimentary Elections were made in public.In
the Market Place a wooden 'Grand stand' for the cadidates of the election
was erected.It often became a scene of rioting with gangs of 'Fighting men'
and agitors both employed to drown the speeches of the candidates.This photograph
was taken in 1868,the last time the hustings went up in the town.This very
early photograph was taken by Edmundson Buck.
