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Looks like a colonial to me!!
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I'll keep the thread going with this happy chappy
How about Albert Kesselring?
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No but this was the last face that a lot of Albert's mates saw as they left this vale of tears.
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His day job was a pub landlord in Lancashire.
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His day job was a pub landlord in Lancashire.
Pierepoint the hangman,

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That's correct Alan.

He had quite a record, over 400 customers, 17 in one day the quickest job being 7 seconds.
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