Quote Originally Posted by kettering_baggie View Post
Legend has it that during the Napoleonic wars, a French ship was wrecked off the coast of Hartlepool. All the crew were drowned and the only survivor was a monkey that was washed ashore. The locals, having never previously seen either a Frenchman or a monkey, took the poor creature to be a French spy and hanged it on the beach. The legend has never been verified as true or false. So, the people of Hartlepool became known as ‘The Monkey Hangers’!
Thank you for that Ketts....👍
Very informative answer.