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...
It has wheels so that the miscreants could be pulled all round the area so that the house bound did not miss out on a bit of justified chastisement.The
Origin of term : " To have a whip round. "
Now I didn't know that, Doons! Great story and explanation - thank you!
I can think of quite a few people who could get their dirty mitts chained up in one of those, and most of them seem to infest Westminster...
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