In the stocks at Middleton

Middleton Hall, near Tamworth, is one of those attractions that kids get dragged to for "educational reasons". I find the hall fascinating as it has architecture from a number of different periods, as well as the Robert Peel Museum, but the poor kids must hate it.
The one thing the kids can do is insist their parents take a turn in the stocks - which, they must think, is probably what their parents deserve...