Pity The Poor Prisoners? Finish:Single The former toll gate was

The former toll gate was removed on 31 October 1866

Other figures present include William Pitt

Manchester

The other two statues are of Charles II

Pity The Poor Prisoners? Finish:Single The former toll gate was'Pity The Poor Prisoners?', 1868. A satirical look at the state of the nation's prisons in the mid Victorian period. Here, a group of lower class prisoners, probably enjoying, (in the view of Mr Punch), rather better living conditions than they might outside prison, complain about the standard of the shaving facilities provided and the possibility of skin diseases. Mr Punch would have little sympathy for such complaints. From Punch, or the London