Talk:Albert Pierrepoint
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82.0.51.190: thanks for making that change of Harry Corbett to James Corbitt -- I had visions of our Albert hanging Sooty! Arwel
Article on Albert from the Southport Visiter (sic) (http://icseftonandwestlancs.icnetwork.co.uk/icsouthport/southportsgreatest/content_objectid=13158397_method=full_siteid=60252_page=1_headline=-Albert-Pierrepoint-name_page.html) - text removed from this talk page because it's © Trinity Mirror Plc. -- Arwel 09:43, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
If an execution paid £15, would be interesting to know what Pierrepoint's "day job" was. knoodelhed 18:37, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- He kept a pub. £15 in 1955 wasn't bad money - considerably more than the average weekly wage, and allowing for inflation it would be equivalent to about £250 today. (House of Commons Library paper 03/82) (http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2003/rp03-082.pdf). -- Arwel 22:38, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)