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Old 13-05-2019, 17:32   #26
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Re: Local Elections

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Originally Posted by KiTChener View Post
Did a monkey not once stand as a candidate for Hartlepool. hence your monicker? Or was that Hull?

I believe it was during the napoleonic wars a Monkey was washed ashore from a shipwreck, the locals not understanding "Monkey" assumed he was a French spy & hung the unfortunate creature.


Or so the legend/myth runs.
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