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The Revd Terence Fformby-Smythe
SubjectRe: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queenmother (of england) has died)
FromThe Revd Terence Fformby-Smythe
Date2002-04-03 06:54 (2002-04-03 06:54)
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On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 21:41:21 +0000 (UTC), "smicker" <rossprat@hotmail.com>wrote:

smicker
"teepee" <gidjo@hotmailsp.amcom>wrote in message news:bnlq8.6385$Np3.1077436@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com...

"Jim Campbell" <jw.campbell@ntlworld.com>wrote

teepee
And it's just about the only thing you can still get hanged for ...

smicker
I think they changed the law a while back on all that.

The last gallows in the UK (at Wandsworth prison) were demolished in 1993. They were still tested every six months up to then,