Taffy, Chris thanks for pics and link.
More info; Thomas Grime was hanged on Saturday, September 1st, 1866, outside Kirkdale Prison, Liverpool for the Murder of James Barton. A crowd of 50,000 watched, many having walked all the way from Wigan in torrential rain.
William Calcraft was the hangman;
William Calcraft - Little Baddow, near Chelmsford, Essex 1800- 1879.
Period in office - 1829-1874.
Calcraft was the longest serving executioner of all and was noted for his "short drops" causing most of his victims to strangle to death. It is not known precisely how many executions he carried out but it is estimated at between 400 and 450, including those of at least 35 women
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