Competition result: Curfew barrier

Well done to everyone who entered yesterday's competition. We had a good number of entries and many fantastic ideas. I particularly liked M.Benaut's suggestion that it's a hook to attach the wife to whilst the husband goes to the pub!!! Hillarious!! In fact, there is a pub just around the corner...so it could be logical!

Anyhow, we do have a clear winner...and that lucky person is Edwin from Kuala Lumpur DP with his guess that it was part of a bar to barricade one side of the street from the other. Whilst its not as detailed an answer as a later entry (from a resident of Toruń...so it doesn't count) it is nevertheless a very worthy attempt...so I am pleased to say that Edwin wins!!! I will be in touch with you in due course!!

So what was it? In the medieval times like many other cities, Toruń could be quite dangerous...especially at night. So after a certain hour, there was a curfew and the towns streets were barricaded in order to prevent unruly characters, thieves and generally bad people from being a nuisiance! It's the only evidence in the city that remains (the opposite side has long gone). It is now on the wall of an art gallery which has wooden shutters...so I can see why many people thought the connection was do with the shutters! But the metal hook has been there far, far longer!!!

Once again many thanks for all your entries!!