A village green in north London contains a relic from the days when criminals were locked in wooden stocks and publicly insulted.Although this type of punishment ceased in the 1870s, these stocks are relatively modern – they were installed in 1953. The modern punishment stocks did have precedent, though, as they were replacements for some older stocks that went missing during WWII.
Made from oak and kept outside, they had deteriorated quite badly by the millennium, so the Southgate Green A