Comments on: The Hackney Whipping Post https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/26/the-hackney-whipping-post/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 19 Apr 2021 22:01:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Ralph Aderin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/26/the-hackney-whipping-post/#comment-1374907 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 22:01:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=138744#comment-1374907 Definitely, it should be restored,,
I would have loved to have known the statistics of those unfortunate people tied to the posts and the woeful stories

]]> By: Tosk Albanian https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/26/the-hackney-whipping-post/#comment-1175958 Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:08:04 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=138744#comment-1175958 Completely astonishing that the restorers have been allowed to slink away with his artefact and let it fall to ruin – but I’m wondering, those who remember the churchyard in the incarnation pictured, that structure looks like it ought to be the original lych gate?

On a recent visit to the tower of St Johns, I came away with the impression that both the whipping post and the lych gate were lost to history. Seeing that, in fact, the one has simply been derelicted, I wonder what became of the other?

]]> By: Roy Smith https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/26/the-hackney-whipping-post/#comment-1065585 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:35:12 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=138744#comment-1065585 The article about the Hackney Whipping Post has brought back many memories for me. I was born in 1942 and we lived at Manor House. My mother had friends in Hackney. On the bus journey to visit them I would catch a glimpse of this strange device behind the railings, under the neat tiled canopy. My mother told me a little of what it had been used for. But I didn’t get a good look at it until the 50’s when I went to Hackney Free & Parochial School in Paragon Road. Often I’d hop off the homeward bound bus and look at it.
It is sad that it now neglected and derelict.

]]> By: Peter Kurton https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/26/the-hackney-whipping-post/#comment-1037522 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:45:12 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=138744#comment-1037522 I would suggest that it has been dismatled and parts deliberately removed.

The older pictures you see here of it in former times show it as it existed until at least the 1970s. Pretty obvious that most of it has been stolen. Whatever are the authorities playing at. They can’t have any sense of responsibility or culture.
Is it the type of people who now inhabit the town Hall who don’t have a traditional feel for anything any more?

What doesn’t help no doubt is the demise of the Police Station only a few yards away from it. How can the station be redundant? Clearly crime is nowhere near being eliminated in Hackney.

]]> By: Rachael Macdonald https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/26/the-hackney-whipping-post/#comment-1032224 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 01:51:42 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=138744#comment-1032224 This is astonishing neglect of what must be a rare artefact, far less common than pillories and stocks I think. Even if someone were prepared to pay for restoration it still needs a permanent home and care in the future. How could it be removed if owned by council? Does anyone know what aagreement exists between council and Groundwork? I assume the Hackney Society is aware of it. Hackney’s motto ‘Justitia turris nostra’ or ‘Justice is our tower’. Wikipedia has a curious alternative version of it – ‘Being fair is what makes us strong’. Hackney Council please note.

]]> By: Highlight https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/26/the-hackney-whipping-post/#comment-1030723 Thu, 01 Oct 2015 07:41:03 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=138744#comment-1030723 I cannot believe people of authority can let an object from 17th Century go into decay, or rather (yes I can ). If embarrassment is part of the fact, then the majority of our artifacts in museums would be rotting too, especially in the dungeons of our beautiful castles. To have a piece of 17th Century still in our hands is fantastic. There are so many who would love to have this. I find it hard to understand why no museum has come forward. I hope someone reads this article and makes sure this piece is well looked after. Maybe some people of today would benefit from seeing an item like this just to make them realise how lucky they are. Good look and please do an update so we know what happens. We should keep everything from our past no matter what it is.

]]> By: Phil Maxwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/26/the-hackney-whipping-post/#comment-1029315 Mon, 28 Sep 2015 05:45:42 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=138744#comment-1029315 Hopefully you piece will encourage the restoration of this fascinating artefact.

]]> By: Sean Gubbins https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/26/the-hackney-whipping-post/#comment-1028947 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 12:13:10 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=138744#comment-1028947 If you would like to get involved in a campaign to restore and save Hackney’s stocks, please get in touch with Sean at sean.walkhackney.co.uk.

]]> By: Sarah McAlister https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/26/the-hackney-whipping-post/#comment-1028867 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 07:57:34 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=138744#comment-1028867 I agree with Melvyn Brooks ~ this should be a restoration project, maybe for students in wood-making projects (Sir John Cass College?). They would learn very much in working on restoring the stocks. It could then be on view to all at Hackney Museum, or the Museum of London ~ I’m sure they would help too. SMcA

]]> By: Molasses https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/09/26/the-hackney-whipping-post/#comment-1028779 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 04:09:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=138744#comment-1028779 The whipping posts of today are the punitive laws which penalize the poor and the powerless.

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