Locals take souvenir bricks and signs from Crooked House pub days after mystery fire
The 18th-century building, known as Britain's wonkiest pub, was damaged by a fire before swiftly being taken down by a digger.
Locals are now fighting to protect the building, with social media groups calling for the pub to be rebuilt. But others have taken the opportunity to take antiques from the rubble."Maybe some of these bricks/signs etc could be taken to the Black Country Living Museum for safe keeping.Read more: "It’s giving out the wrong image when on national news we see people climbing over the rubble picking up and taking away bits and pieces as a souvenir."If you are taking souvenirs from the site, it makes me question your motivation to be at the site at all.Some 30 firefighters were needed to tackle the blaze at the pub in Himley, near Dudley in the West Midlands, on Saturday evening and it was demolished two days later.
Adam Taylor also owns the Sarah Mansfield Country Inn, in Willey, five miles from their home, which was allegedly gutted, according to The Times.Staffordshire Police's Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Chisholm said: "We understand the significance of this much-loved building, and the upset and anger felt by many, so want to reassure you we're doing all we can to understand more about what happened and who was responsible.
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