After looking further into Armelys history the execution proportion of it interesting me greatly. I started looking into the executions and the executioners at Armely Prison, one of the hangmen being Albert Pierrepoint, Britain's most prolific hangman and one of the executed being Charles Peace a very romanticised prisoner form that time. Looking deeper and deeper I found out that Pierrpoint is from a dynasty of executions in his family as well as some of his fathers execution gear has just been sold at auction.
Among his things were:
- A very 'macarbe' diary, detailing the height; weight; age; drop used and even remarks on the condemd neck
- A very worn tape measure
- Small bottle of empty Whiskey
- A bowtie
- a dairy, with opinons on the how the job at hand went.
- Legal documents
- A watch
- A tape measure
- A ruler
- 4 bowties
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