This is all explained in detail in the main story, and a bit of a shocker, but the few pics here describe another time pretty well...
https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/05/25/the-hackney-whipping-post-x/
In the comments, 1962 was mentioned as the last time it was used, so all I can say is 'Hellfire'...
H/T Spitalfields Life
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I were stuck in't stocks fer a week. It were nice o't council ter put yon fancy roof on top - saved me gerrin' a chill in't rain while I were bein' pelted wi' rubbish . . .
They don't know they're born these days.
Aye, 'appen! An' it bein' 'ackney an' all - wit Diane Abbott calling 't'tune an that'...
They don' mekkem like tha' these days...
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