Spitfires

[Ronnie Grant]

With all due respects to THE FEW, without the MN there might not have been a battle of Britain because aviation fuel was coming in from the U.S. on the Atlantic convoys.

[j.sabourn]

Gulliver belated thanks for post on William Joyces brother. pleased it was untrue. However do know it was true that the official hangman at the time was Pierrepoint chistian name either Henry or William. Think he owned a pub somewhere. Cheers John Sabourn

[Tony Wilding]

Hi John, it was Albert Pierrepoint, 435 executions recorded by him, but possibly over 600, mostly War Criminals, His Father was a Hangman also, i wonder how much he got paid per Execution ? he must hold the record for Hangings. what a grim job.

[happy daze john in oz]

Hi John, it was Albert Pierrepoint, 435 executions recorded by him, but possibly over 600, mostly War Criminals, His Father was a Hangman also, i wonder how much he got paid per Execution ? he must hold the record for Hangings. what a grim job.

The pub I believe was up in the Birmingham area.


For certian he was not the sort of guy you would want to hang out with.

[j.sabourn]

Tony would probably get plenty of volunteers today for the job. A lot would do it free of charge. Cheers John Sabourn

[Captain Kong]

Albert Pierrepoint
Born (1905-03-30)30 March 1905 [1]
Clayton,[2][3]
West Riding of Yorkshire,
England
Died 10 July 1992(1992-07-10) (aged 87)[1]
Southport,
Merseyside,
England
Nationality British
Occupation Executioner, Publican
Employer HM Prison Service
Spouse Annie Pierrepoint, née Fletcher
(1905–1998, aged 93)[4]
Parents Henry Albert Pierrepoint and
Mary Pierrepoint, née Buxton
Relatives Thomas Pierrepoint (uncle)
.
He hanged 433 men and 17 women, plus 6 American Soldiers and 200 Nazi War Criminals.
He started with a fee of one Guinea, and then ended up on £15 a hang.
He lived near Oldham most of his life and died in Southport in 1998.
It is all on google, very interesting life, he met several famous people before saying Cheerio.
Cheers
Brian

[robpage]

He ran the " Help The Poor Struggler " alehouse at 303 Manchester Road, Oldham until he retired from it in 1954 , I believe it was demolished in the 1990s

[Tony Morcom]

I wonder how he got the job in the first place Certainly a unique occupation.

[Captain Kong]

Hi Tony,
Both his Father, Henry, and his uncle Thomas, were the Executioners, it was a family business or so it seems.
He even hung his friend a regular customer at his pub, when he commited murder, that upset him a little.
It is all on google. and wikipedia.
Cheers
Brian.

[j.sabourn]

Wonder if before they got around to the fancy nooses a running bowline would have done. John Sabourn