Post #26361 by DaneTiki on Wed, Mar 12, 2003 5:23 PM

TikiChris: A couple of Hartlepudlians beg to differ with your historical account.

Monkey Hanger:
A myth devised by ancient comedians so TV comedians and southerners can take the piss out of the fine members of the town of Hartlepool. It is alledged that some time in the Napoleonic wars, a monkey got washed ashore on the beach in Hartlepool and was promptly hanged.
This is complete bollocks as any resident of Hartlepool knows that

--There are no beaches left in Hartlepool because of the bloody sand dredging that constantly goes [on].
--The monkey could not have survived for any period of time due to high radation levels from the power station, raw sewage from the Seaton outlet and chemical poisoning from ICI.

In the introduction to their page, they further state: "Welcome to the 'Alternative Hartlepool Homepage.' Hartlepool is, as nobody else probably appreciates, the cultural capital of the North East and the dog shite capital of the world. Others might well argue that Newcastle or Middlesborough might be the dogs bollocks but me and my mates reckon that this is toss."

http://freespace.virgin.net/michael.russell/hartlepool/