Here is a Punishment that's continued throughout history.
This example of Parish Stocks are from the 1700's. Located in Thornton. Outside the Nags Head Pub. A few miles north of Liverpool UK.
Pity its not used today for some bankers !
November 13, 1887, "Gone, too, are the parish stocks, in which offenders against public morality formerly sat imprisoned, with their legs held fast beneath a heavy wooden yoke, while sundry small but fiendish boys improved the occasion by deliberately pulling off their shoes and tickling the soles of their defenseless feet."
This example is made of cast iron and was accompanied on the Village Green by a sundial. Wooden Stocks were previously on this site for hundreds of years - prior to these "Modern Replacements" in 1712
This photo from 1880.
A mix of 1880 and now in a photo !
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