A LIVE PERFORMANCE event taking place at St. Augustine’s Church, Hedon on Saturday 3 September 2022 is “RIDING THE STANG”. The play with music is based on the ancient public punishment ritual of the same name.
The live performance by Hull Community Theatre with music by The May Geslins takes place on Saturday, 3 September and doors open at 1.30pm for a 2.00pm start. It is free entry and refreshments are available.
Hedon in 1889 was possibly one of the last places in the country to carry out a public punishment known as ‘Riding the Stang’. The procession would have a leader who would straddle a large pole, bar or ladder (the Stang) carried at shoulder height and would deliver public insults to a targetted individual. Some accounts say the insults took the form of rhymes or chants.
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