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'Poison? We love it!': How one British town welcomed an asbestos-riddled toxic French ship with open arms
(Daily Mail)
February 23, 2009
By Robert Hardman Daily Mail
They have not always been so keen to see foreign shipping around here. Quite apart from the Viking raids, the original Blitz was unleashed on this town by the German Imperial fleet back in 1914 - killing 86 civilians.
When a French ship was wrecked here during the Napoleonic wars, the townsfolk apparently hanged the only survivor - the ship's monkey - for being French. One might have expected a similar reception for the latest French arrival which sailed into Hartlepool two weeks ago ...... Read more on Daily Mail
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