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Old 15-09-2007, 05:07   #10
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Smile Re: Albion Pub, Clayton-le Moors.

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Originally Posted by Sparkologist View Post
Local legend has it that a copper got heaved over the bridge and into the cut late one New Years Eve, when he was asked to attend a disturbance there. Must have been about '86 when i heard that one, in my illicit drinking days. The tale seems too good to be true...urban myth maybe?
A group of lads dragged a policeman from the Albion onto the canal bridge to throw him into the cut. But they were stopped from doing so by other Albion customers. which is perhaps aswell because he was unconsious at the time. Three people actualy got jailed for it.
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