Hartlepool
Hartlepool is a town near the A689 road in County Durham, England.
The Hartlepool monkey
[change | change source]There is a legend that during the Napoleonic Wars, a French ship was wrecked off the coast near Hartlepool. The captain's pet, a monkey, was washed ashore.[1] The people from Hartlepool thought it was a person and tried to ask it questions. When they were unable to understand the monkey they assumed it was a French spy.[1] A trial was held on the beach and the monkey was sentenced to death and hanged.[1] This event is remembered in several songs. The local football team, Hartlepool United F.C., used to greeted with cries of "Who hung the monkey?".[1] Their mascot is a monkey called "H'Angus the Monkey". The rugby football team, the Hartlepool Rovers, are known as the Monkeyhangers.[1]
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