APL96 was a fine conference. The folks in Lancaster are friendly and helpful. Well, Lancaster Castle has served, and still serves, as a prison. In 1660 one of the prisoners was George Fox, whose objections to the Church of England not only landed him in the castle but started the Quakers. His reputation has improved, and the conference was mostly held in a building named after him.
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