A sad state of affairs...

[Brigadier]

I think you'll find that the ducking stool was only used in England.

World leaders, back in the middle ages

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

It remained in use up to the early 1800's
Men could pay a fee to have their nagging wives punished on the ducking stool.

The last recorded case was that of Sarah Leeke in 1817, in Leominster, Hertfordshire.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canter...move-ducking-stool-branded-ridiculous-228642/
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It was a punishment approved by parliament.

Reviewed Work: Of Bridles and Burnings: The Punishment of Women by E. J. Burford, Sandra Shulman​

 

[Brigadier]

It remained in use up to the early 1800's

Clearly then , it could be described as "ahead of its time" then

Pioneering British engineering

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Clearly then , it could be described as "ahead of its time" then

Pioneering British engineering

The one in Canterbury had to be replaced three years ago because it went rotten.
It only lasted a couple of hundred years.

 

[Brigadier]

The one in Canterbury had to be replaced three years ago because it went rotten.
It only lasted a couple of hundred years.

Foreign timber

 

[transam]

I think you'll find that the ducking stool was only used in England.

I think. U will find that peoplev are still. Accused of witch craft and burnt to. Death
In some coutries

Himagain

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

I think. U will find that peoplev are still. Accused of witch craft and burnt to. Death

Himagain

I think you'll find that the ducking stool hasn't been used since 1817.
I don't know when the last witch burning event occurred in Britain.
Although I used to know a lady who thought it was a compliment being called a witch.

 

[transam]

I think you'll find that the ducking stool hasn't been used since 1817.
I don't know when the last witch burning event occurred in Britain.
Although I used to know a lady who thought it was a compliment being called a witch.

U edited my post

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

U edited my post

I C U do. Retain some cognitive. Ability.

 

[transam]

I C U do. Retain some cognitive. Ability.

U edited my post

 

[durhamplumber]

I think we should reinstate the use of the ducking stool.
If you drowned, you were innocent.
If you didn't drown, you must be a witch and will be burnt at the stake.

I thought you were all for retaining and reclaiming culture?!