Crooked House Fire: What Happened? Deep Dive, Timeline & Response - WB 12th Aug 2023
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0:00 Introduction
4:41 Old Oswestry Update
6:27 Crooked House Significance
15:35 The Economics of Pubs
19:31 The 2023 Timeline of Events
28:03 The Site as a Crime Scene
33:11 The New Owner, Neighbours & Access
38:45 Monitoring, Security & Safety Qs
47:03 Support Us on Patreon!
47:48 Implications of Heritage Status & Crime
59:32 Other Responses and Cultural Context
1:03:23 Historic England comments on Arson Cases
1:07:35 Criminal Investigation takes Time
1:10:49 Conclusion
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Link of the Week:
Disasters Emergency Committee:
https://www.dec.org.uk/
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Links:
Britain's wonkiest pub The Crooked House where coins appear to roll uphill on the bar goes up for sale amid fears it will close after 192 years:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11839747/Inside-Britains-wonkiest-pub-sale-amid-fears-closed.html
Crooked House: Fire at 'wonkiest' pub treated as arson:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-65141057
The Crooked House scandal 'must be catalyst for change':
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-66472000
'Questions need answering' over Crooked House fire:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-66426703
Excavator used to raze Crooked House pub ‘was hired before the fire’:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/crooked-house-pub-fire-excavator-demolish-b2391755.html
The Crooked House demolished: Thousands sign petitions to rebuild ‘wonkiest pub’:
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/crooked-house-demolished-hundreds-sign-115531160.html
Police ‘reviewing all evidence’ on cause of Crooked House pub fire:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/07/police-reviewing-all-evidence-on-cause-of-crooked-house-pub-fire
New owners of Crooked House had 'bought and gutted another pub':
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/new-owners-of-crooked-house-had-bought-and-gutted-another-pub/ar-AA1f59iE
'Feud' between new owner of The Crooked House and boss of wonky pub revealed:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uks-wonkiest-boozer-new-owner-30668103.amp
'We don't want people to think we leave a mess': Locals tidy and guard rubble left after Crooked House pub bulldozed:
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/crooked-house-pub-guard-rubble-heap/
Record number of pubs forced to call last orders as 'perfect storm' caused by soaring costs and weak demand hits:
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/record-number-pubs-close/
Demolition of Crooked House pub unacceptable – council:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-66442399
New plans submitted to demolish Stoke-on-Trent pub:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-66411013
Mansfield's fire-damaged Hermitage Mill could be rebuilt as nursing home:
https://www.chad.co.uk/news/people/mansfields-fire-damaged-hermitage-mill-could-be-rebuilt-as-nursing-home-3679358
This is why there are so many fires at mills in Yorkshire:
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/transport/fire-mill-1758023
Carlton Tavern – Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton_Tavern