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Linda Hawkins
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quotePosted at 06:21 on 21st March 2008

Just outside Whitby on the A169 at Saltersgate is the 'Saltersgate Inn'. Legend has it that that the open fire in the lounge has been burning since the 18th Century. Apparently the hostelry was used as an illicit meeting place for smugglers and ne'erdowells and was one day visited by the 18thC equivalent of HM Revenue and Customs. The Landlord and his cohorts seemingly took exception to this unscheduled inspection and dispatched the Servant of the King with a barstool across the bonce!  The deceased official was hastily buried beneath the hearth and a fire was lit - just in case his colleagues should come and begin asking awkward questions. Legend has it that the fire has never been allowed to die out by man nor wraith ever since...

The pub closed recently and is up for auction - there is no sign of smoke from the chimney, and whilst it might be tempting to one day pop along with a spade and a torch, a word of warning - I recently took a look through the Inn window and was almost sure I saw a feint glow from the fireplace..

Any more Legends or Lore from your neck of the woods?

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Roses
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quotePosted at 02:51 on 22nd March 2008

Moribundian,

 

throughly enjoyed reading this tale!  thanks for sharing! 

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Linda Hawkins
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quotePosted at 08:29 on 26th March 2008
As a postscript to the above - I've just found out that the Saltersgate Inn has planning permission to be converted/demolished into '13 Dwellings/Holiday Lets' Frown Another bit of our heritage gone forever.
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Peter Evans
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quotePosted at 12:12 on 26th March 2008
Sounds about right there. Like my grandmothers cottage, along with two others, knocked down to make a car park for the station that has been closed.
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L
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quotePosted at 15:58 on 26th March 2008
I think they call it 'progress', but personally I would rather see the old buildings, got much more character than the boxes they build nowadays with their postage stamps gardens,
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Alan Marron
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quotePosted at 05:21 on 23rd August 2008
On 26th March 2008 08:29, Moribundian wrote:
As a postscript to the above - I've just found out that the Saltersgate Inn has planning permission to be converted/demolished into '13 Dwellings/Holiday Lets' Frown Another bit of our heritage gone forever.
The oldest house in Spennymoor (aptly enough named Spennymoor House) is said to have been built by the Shafto family, local landowners of their day, as a place to house visitors to their home at Whitworth Hall.  Eventually it became a coaching Inn, but in 1956 then then Urban District Council allowed the sale of some land for the building of a bungalow.  The land was where the stables of th Inn had originally been.  Talk about protecting our heritage and history!  Strange to relate, Spennymoor House is a listed building, but apparently that wasn't the case 50 years ago.
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Cathy E.
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quotePosted at 13:23 on 23rd August 2008
The one thing I always counted on in England was that nothing was ever demolished like in the states. So sad!Frown
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Janice Trojanowski
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quotePosted at 22:59 on 23rd August 2008

I hate to see old building taken down. That is what makes all of Europe and especially England so special. We go over there and are just amazed that the buildings are hundreds of years old and still so beautiful~even our old buildings are new compared to yours! I was in Philadelphia yesterday and there are several old English style buildings there since that was where so much history occured.

I hope the pub doesn't get demolished and that "the flame" keeps burning! Sounds like a case for Ghosthunters International!

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