11 SEPTEMBER: THE HALIFAX GIBBET: From Hull, Hell and Halifax, Good Lord Deliver us – a new lecture from David Glover.
The Halifax Gibbet was our unique Beheading Machine. Its origins are obscure, but from the 1280s down to 1650, a curious ‘engine’ was used in Halifax to execute felons caught thieving in the textile trade. With a wooden frame incorporating an axe-head, and a rope to release this at a critical moment, it dealt death to miscreants. But there was a let-out clause, which led to the legend of The Running Man. Did it have a cousin in Scotland? And how did it compare with the guillotine?
When: Friday 11th September at 7pm.
Tickets £10.00 on the door
Where: St Paul’s Church, Queen’s Road, HX1 3NU.
Contact: david375@btinternet.com