The story of how children as young as eight endured public punishment beatings has been unearthed by researchers working on the £45 million refurbishment of Paisley Museum.
Historians have discovered that in the early 1900s Renfrewshire children – mainly from poorer households – were frequently tied to the 'whip post' for sustained flogging after being convicted on relatively minor misdemeanours.
Juveniles were hit with a birch rod – a flexible wooden stick, which caused significant injuries.
