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Prolific hangman s little-known life growing up on Hessle Road Thomas Pierrepoint hanged 300 people and spent his formative years in Hull He carried out some 300 executions including the only hanging of a woman at Hull Prison. Thomas Pierrepoint was part of the infamous Pierrepoint dynasty with several members employed as hangmen and executioners. But what is not so well known is that Thomas spent much of his formative years growing up in what is now Hawthorn Avenue, off Hessle Road, as local historian Mike Covell discovered. Read more: Henry Pierrepoint was employed as an executioner from 1901, carrying out his first execution on November 19th alongside James Billington while Albert Pierrepoint, who was Henry’s uncle, was employed as an executioner from 1931 until 1956. ....
Alamo Heights alums seek fellow Black pioneers who integrated the San Antonio suburb s schools FacebookTwitterEmail Two people talk in the shadows in a hallway at Alamo Heights High School in 1962. Alamo Heights Independent School District, which previously had been white-only, integrated in 1955 with four children from the John Henry Smith family, who lived in Olmos Park.Courtesy / Alamo Heights ISD My friend Everett Fly, who is a National for the Humanities medalist, and I, both Alamo Heights High School graduates, are trying to identify Black pioneers of the Alamo Heights school system to recognize. These folk integrated Heights during the 1950s and ’60s. We have some names and need help finding them so we can recognize them. If you could help, it would make a great column for Black History Month in the Express-News. Joseph and I are determined to use the February event to bring awareness to history that has been denied. ....