Garrick’s Head Pub
Garrick’s Head Saloon, the official final meal of those awaiting to be hanged.
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One of Victoria’s oldest English pubs (est 1867) Garrick’s Head Saloon was where Judge Matthew Bigbie would offer a final meal to those awaiting to be hanged. Those waiting to watch the public hanging would down a pint or two, before heading across the street to the gallows.
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In Victoria’s Historic Bastion Square at 69 Bastion Square, Victoria, BC Canada
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