This is a contribution from Ray Marsden. It names names on the Parish school photo (2) of 1939, as displayed in message 832, and also in the files -Gt Har...
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John Duckworth
bbsix@...
Sep 1, 2000 12:10 pm
This is a contribution from Ray Marsden. It names names on the Parish school photo (2) of 1939, as displayed in message 832, and also in the files -Gt Har...
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John Duckworth
bbsix@...
Sep 1, 2000 10:42 pm
fao john smith re the zipped fair pictures - did you manage to download and unzip them? JohnD...
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stl7018@...
Sep 2, 2000 12:57 am
Thanks John, got the file open OK, think I was downloading another file from work at the same time.......Duh..... Looks like everyone had a good time and the...
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Cris
kydds@...
Sep 2, 2000 11:00 am
Hi everyone, Many thanks for all the reporting and the excellent piccys. Just as a byline, especially for Anne & John Q, Jack Quinn was crying the fair on the...
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peter eddleston
peddles@...
Sep 2, 2000 12:43 pm
The skating rink is now a snooker club,and the price of gas(petrol) has remained the same here for years,as long as you ask for Ten pounds worth each time. ...
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John Morton
john@...
Sep 2, 2000 4:16 pm
Good morning As far as I know it was Harry Allen???? Worked on security at Cobble Ltd Blackburn Regards John Morton ... From: <david.baron@...> To:...
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John Morton
john@...
Sep 2, 2000 4:16 pm
Hi Ian With Mule Spinning the machine was in two halves. They moved apart on rails,stretching the yarn. They would then come together and the slack was wound...
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Derek Gregson
kreed@...
Sep 2, 2000 7:15 pm
Hi, Folks, Just to let the interested parties know that I have posted the full repertoire of poems from my anthologies: 'The Great Faerie Convention', and ...
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John Duckworth
bbsix@...
Sep 3, 2000 12:01 am
Competition starts midnight gmt Sunday night. Rules: 1.Answer the following question - Who is the person featured in the competition photograph in the files. ...
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greatharwood@egroups....
Sep 4, 2000 12:02 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the greatharwood group. File :...
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Cloggy
paul.2.wilkinson@...
Sep 5, 2000 3:58 am
Hi Ian, Sorry for the delayed reply, its that holiday time of year! The mention of the drilling in the walls was a bit of a giveaway, most of the interior...
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Cloggy
paul.2.wilkinson@...
Sep 5, 2000 4:01 am
I Agree with Dave S, I heard that he was the last hangman in Britain, or did my Dad tell me that! Cant recall the name though. Cloggy. ... retired ... was ...
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Derek Gregson
kreed@...
Sep 5, 2000 6:25 pm
I was told by my parents that Albert Pierpoint was indeed a public hangman and lived in Tottleworth village up until the time of his own death - I believe in...
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Derek Gregson
kreed@...
Sep 5, 2000 6:50 pm
I have done a little searching of the net re Albert Pierrepoint (Seems we have been misspelling it) and discovered that he was born in 1945 in Clayton,...
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Derek Gregson
kreed@...
Sep 5, 2000 6:55 pm
I mistyped the webpage reference in my last message re Derek Bentley Should read: www.tphbook.dircon.co.uk/wnJUL98.html Derek...
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Philip Eddleston
m02ph300@...
Sep 5, 2000 7:06 pm
Albert Pierrepoint had an extrodinary life to say he only lived til he was eleven years old Derek. No wonder he died so young after having to hang people as a...
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Derek Gregson
kreed@...
Sep 6, 2000 6:00 pm
Oops! Guess I cocked up on this one, Phil. The dates 1945 to 1956 were apparently the length of time Pierrepoint served as hangman - apologies for my...
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peter eddleston
peddles@...
Sep 6, 2000 7:29 pm
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peter eddleston
peddles@...
Sep 6, 2000 7:33 pm
The hangman Albert Pierrepoint, who hanged a total of 530 people and became an opponent of capital punishment, which was abolished in 1965, described the...
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peter eddleston
peddles@...
Sep 6, 2000 7:59 pm
A.P. was a native of Oldham,he was certainly a publican,and he had the unfortunate job of executing one of his drinking partners.As for living in T/W I was...
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Mike Grosskruger
grossy41@...
Sep 6, 2000 8:06 pm
Thank you for that - it should be placed in the Poetry & Prose folder. I will send it on to my friends here in America - where we seem so anxious to kill...
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greatharwood@egroups....
Sep 7, 2000 5:19 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the greatharwood group. File : /5 Odds...
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p welsh
bygum@...
Sep 7, 2000 11:06 am
Con club Clayton le moors ... From: <greatharwood@egroups.com> To: <greatharwood@egroups.com> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 1:19 PM Subject:...
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Allan McNamara
amac@...
Sep 8, 2000 11:50 pm
About 1970 I met the then hangman (it appears the post was not closed until capital punishment was officially banned) He had a pub at Cherry Tree or...
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beshep@...
Sep 9, 2000 12:47 am
I remember hearing that Albert Pierrepoint's son took over the job of hangman from his father. It was just hearsay. Brian Shepherd ... and free. ... Las Vegas....
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peter eddleston
peddles@...
Sep 9, 2000 1:07 pm
A.P. took the job on from his uncle Thomas. regards p.e....
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Ian Fairclough
ifinwig@...
Sep 9, 2000 4:05 pm
... Thanks for the replies, things a little clearer, look forward to the pics Ian...
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Ian Fairclough
ifinwig@...
Sep 9, 2000 4:08 pm
... I think there may be more to it than that, ie planned use of brick, but I imagine it'll be difficult to find out the real reasons. Ian F...
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Brian Shepherd
beshep@...
Sep 9, 2000 10:48 pm
Hello, Whilst in GH for the Fair, I visited what was the St. Huberts St. railway bridge. A photograph has been posted(F2-970)taken from the about same spot as...
