Red and white striped, sometimes with a bit of blue, a barber pole twisting next to a small storefront signifies a place where men can get a haircut, a shave and a bit of masculine bonhomie. But this was not always the case. Back in the day, the red and white we associate with go...
we cannot imagine being intrigued by such a sight but they were. In fact, it was more than that. As the gibbet cage was hoisted up on a pole over thirty feet high close to the spot of the murder, a type