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Watched an interview, from "You Tube's" home page, of the one of six executioners in SA.
He could have been talking about his job as a bricklayer as to him it is just a job!
He was trained by his father and his own son will follow him into "the job".
Sometimes he will do six in one day.
He also does a very good "hand job" and a "foot job" too, just to mix things up a bit.
There was a link to show him in action but I'll pass on that please!
He could have been talking about his job as a bricklayer as to him it is just a job!
He was trained by his father and his own son will follow him into "the job".
Sometimes he will do six in one day.
He also does a very good "hand job" and a "foot job" too, just to mix things up a bit.
There was a link to show him in action but I'll pass on that please!
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Pierrepoint`s book is worth a read. He had a similar outlook to the job which was passed down to him.
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Yes, I think he dispatched over 100 including the controversial one, being Derek Bentley.
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Albert Pierrepoint (30 March 1905 – 10 July 1992) was a long-serving hangman in England. He executed at least 400 people, including William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw"), and John Amery, whom he considered the bravest man he had ever hanged. He executed many people who had been convicted of war crimes.
Pierrepoint was often dubbed the Official Executioner, despite there being no such job or title. In England, executions were the responsibility of the local sheriff; however, instead of officiating themselves, sheriffs used to delegate the job to a person of suitable character who was employed and paid only when required. Pierrepoint continued to work for years in a grocery near Bradford after qualifying as an Assistant Executioner in 1932 and a Chief Executioner in 1941, in the steps of his father and uncle. Following his retirement in 1956, the Home Office acknowledged Pierrepoint as the most efficient executioner in British history. He subsequently became a publican in Lancashire and wrote his memoirs, in which he sensationally concluded that capital punishment was not a deterrent. There is no official tally of his hangings, which some have estimated at more than 600; the most commonly accepted figure is 435. |
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Kenny probably knew him
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Him coming from Bradford
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I didn't, mac, but I DID know the Black Panther. I was very pally with a lad who lived next door.
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His daughter fancied me. I was about 25, she'd be 14 or so. This was years after I knew Neilsen originally through my mate.
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Were you a taxi driver, Kenny?
Couldn't resist it, sorry!  |
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Didn`t know that Neilson came from Bradford kenny. Did Sutcliffe not come from that neck of the woods too?
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Was Pierrepoint`s pub in Bradford kenny?
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Peter Manuel reputedly ran the last few steps to the gallows.
My parents were friends with Isabelle Cooke's (one of his victims) Aunt and Uncle so we took a more than usual interest in the case. |
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Seconding tmm ,Pierrepoints book well worth reading.
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Remember reading about Neilson.
Apparently, when he was nicked, if the police hadn't protected him, the crowd would have probably ended up topping him. |
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"He executed many people who had been convicted of war crimes".
Many politicians, lawyers and buisnessmen are fortunate that this situation did not exist over the last 30 years. |
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I'd personally hang Blair..
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Very good, naydam.
Sutcliffe was indeed also from Bradford. A place called Heaton where my sister used to live. No idea where Pierrepoint tippled, but he was born in Layton, Bradford where my mum used to live. |
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Clayton*
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Yes kenny, I knew what you meant!
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Albert Pierrepoint hung one of the regulars at his local did he not?
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Yes, I think he dispatched over 100 including the controversial one, being Derek Bentley.
And Timothy Evans. |
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Aye, when he complained about the measures.
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macAlways prided himself on doing a good job Pierrepoint, he ensured their death was quick and clean He actually stopped during the Nuremburg war trials, they ran out of coffins He said I don't care how bad they are, I am not hanging anyone unless there is a coffin, this has to be done properly or not all He got his coffins |
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I think hangings were quite fast. The door would open next to the condemned cell, they would be rushed to the trap,
hooded, hands tied...trap opened, they were gone. |
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Here we go, i thought that he hung one of the regulars in his pub. this is the story.
James Henry Corbitt (c. 1913 – 28 November 1950) was an English murderer hanged at Strangeways Prison in Manchester by Albert Pierrepoint. Corbitt knew his hangman even before he committed the crime. At the time of the murder, he was a frequent customer in Pierrepoint’s pub "Help The Poor Struggler" (on Manchester Road, in the Hollinwood area of Oldham), sang with him round the piano and called him "Tosh" while Pierrepoint called him "Tish" (Tish and Tosh were, at that time, common nicknames used between people who were passing acquaintances but who did not know each other's names).[1] Corbitt knew about the official sideline of his publican. At the time of the murder, Corbitt was separated from his wife and his 11-year-old son, and had a mistress, Eliza Woods. In a fit of jealousy, he throttled Woods in a hotel room in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. In his memoirs ("Executioner: Pierrepoint"), Pierrepoint wrote about his feelings when returning to the pub after Corbitt’s execution: "I thought if any man had a deterrent to murder poised before him, it was this troubadour whom I called Tish. He was not only aware of the rope, he had the man who handled it beside him singing a duet. The deterrent did not work."[2] Pierrepoint goes on to relate Corbitt's final moments: At twenty seconds to nine the next morning I went into the death cell. He seemed under a great strain, but I did not see stark fear in his eyes, only a more childlike worry. He was anxious to be remembered, and to be accepted. Hallo, Tosh, he said, not very confidently. Hallo Tish, I said. How are you? I was not effusive, just gave the casual warmth of my nightly greeting from behind the bar. Pierrepoint goes on to describe how Corbitt smiled and relaxed after this greeting. After strapping Corbitt's arms, Pierrepoint says "Come on Tish, old chap", at which Corbitt goes to the gallows "...lightly...I would say that he ran." |
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That must have been his hardest hanging Angel...glad he managed it well
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Very well portrayed in the drama a few years ago with Timothy Spall as Pierrepoint.
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Timothy Spall always excellent
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Was his singing that bad
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I think hangings were quite fast. The door would open next to the condemned cell, they would be rushed to the trap,
hooded, hands tied...trap opened, they were gone. if they had done the calcs correctly..... occasionally they got it wrong and they were left dangling! |
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Pierrepoint - The Last Hangman
Can watch it here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFTG3wtKSxw |
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Timothy Spall is a brilliant actor and seems a genuinely nice, down to earth guy as well
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Just realised James Corden is in it as Pierrepoints assistant executioner.
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lets hope Pierreppoints executes the wrong one in the dark then ....that said Cordon would probably fall through the box, the fat coont.
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Pierrepont did a reasonable job doing an unpleasant task judged in a reasonably honest society. More than could be said about the ISIS thugs in Syria. They deserve Pierrepont's attention for me.
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Emden • March 22, 2015 10:12 PM GMT
I think hangings were quite fast. The door would open next to the condemned cell, they would be rushed to the trap, hooded, hands tied...trap opened, they were gone. if they had done the calcs correctly..... occasionally they got it wrong and they were left dangling! That was why one would hope for someone who did the job properly The other extreme is the person gets decapitated completely I do not know if Pierrepoint made any mistakes? |
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I agree about Timothy Spall Emden..on both counts
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Everything was over in seconds. He was very efficient. I could never have done the job tbh. Don`t get me wrong, I could easily dispose of some these evil f****** no problem, but the thing is I can`t even tie my laces properly.
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If they bring back hanging and appoint you as public hangman mightymac
I shall be careful not to murder anyone. |
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Albert Pierrepoint suffered from great a breakdown of guilt, especially after he executed his pal from the pub.
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