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    One For The Road.

    There is an old Hotel/Pub in Marble Arch, London ...



    ....which used to have gallows adjacent. Prisoners were taken to the gallows (after a fair trial of course) to be hung.

    The horse drawn dray, carting the prisoner was accompanied by an armed guard, who would stop the dray outside the pub and ask the prisoner if he would like ''ONE LAST DRINK''.

    If he said YES it was referred to as ONE FOR THE ROAD.

    If he declined, that prisoner was ON THE WAGON.

    So there you go...!!!
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    Never heard that before-you learn something every day- as for fair trials, in old days they'd hang people for stealing a sheep, these days so many guilty people getoff.

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