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Visiting The Clink Prison Museum will allow you to come face-to-face with a variety of original artefacts used for questioning and torturing. We do encourage our guests to handle such items and even torture each other if the needs takes you.

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Scold's Bridle

Used to silence the scolding wives of the area, placed around the head and with a metal tongue inserted into the mouth the wearer would be silenced from speaking out against her husband.

Prison Equipment Execution Block
 

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