Fascinating article. Whilst last guillotining was 1939 it wasn't banned until the 1970's!
Cultured lot the French.... and the fact that Christopher Lee (aged 17) was actually there is another piece of trivia I had no idea about.
Posted By: Saucerer on May 4th 2021 at 08:14:59
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- France was still guillotining people when the 1st Star Wars film came out. (General Chat) - shoddy, May 4, 07:39:06
- oh, do you live in France? (General Chat) - Your typical lawyer, May 4, 17:25:53
- let them eat cake (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, May 4, 15:39:47
- Bit of an overreaction if you ask me. Wasn't until the Ewoks they became really bad (General Chat) - Old Man, May 4, 08:59:28
- Hanging wasn’t good enough for them (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, May 4, 08:03:21
- And the last ever public guillotining (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 4, 07:47:31
- Fascinating article. Whilst last guillotining was 1939 it wasn't banned until the 1970's! (General Chat) - Saucerer, May 4, 08:14:59
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