From: "Tim Jeffreys", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>There was a monkey from a shipwreck that was hanged in Sunderland in the
1790's for being a Frenchman. Perhaps that was an innocent animal.<
That was Hartlepool. It was apparently thought to be a spy and tried, its
gibberings being assumed to be French (a bit like Celine Dion, only she
ought to be hanged as a French Canadian).
If you ever want to get close attention whilst up there, just shout "Who
hung the monkey?" (sic).
Tim.
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