The village green retains an original pair of stocks. Once a year, at the village summer fete, a ceremonial victim is chosen from a list of national and international figures who have been unpopular with the public. A villager then wears a mask depicting the chosen victim and is pelted with wet sponges. The position of mask wearer is sponsored, with the money raised going to the local hospice. | The village green retains an original pair of stocks. Once a year, at the village summer fete, a ceremonial victim is chosen from a list of national and international figures who have been unpopular with the public. A villager then wears a mask depicting the chosen victim and is pelted with wet sponges. The position of mask wearer is sponsored, with the money raised going to the local hospice. |