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Sunday, May 15, 2016

The Whipping Cheer - 1612 - Hemp Break - Dead Rat Orchestra

Dead Rat Orchestra shows how to operate a Hemp Brake while showcasing their musical talents  The Whipping Cheer



The Whipping Cheer - 1612 - Hemp Break - Dead Rat Orchestra

Hemp Kindly Supplied by Harrison Spinks. 

Hemp Break conceived designed & constructed by David Holcombe

Based on a design by Benjamin Franklin

TYBURNIA is a tour by Dead Rat Orchestra - a live sound track to the film by James Holcombe. A Radical History of 600 years of publc execution. 

Breaking hemp for rope making was one of the labours undertaken by inmates at Bridewell prison. The rope was use for hangings at the Tyburn Gallows in West London. 

More information: 
www.deadratorchestra.co.uk
@deadratorchestr



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