There will be no through route in the Gardens on Saturday 19 April, and the Gardens are open on Saturday to Spring Fair ticket holders only. Museum visitors need to enter and exit via London Road.
Torture chair from Cuenca, Spain. A vertical iron bar forms the back of the chair, to which is attached at the top an iron bridle fitted with a number of devices for compressing the head, piercing the ears, extracting the tongue, and crushing the nose. There is an iron restraining belt. Padlocks and manacles are attached to the lower section of the chair.
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