Rest in Peace - The Crooked House - victim of Crooked developers

This video is now historical record of a place we can no longer visit. Real shame.

The newest owners are CROOKED!

RIP beloved Crooked House .. gone but never forgotten 😢

Britain’s “wonkiest pub”, which dates back to 1765, has been gutted by fire just days after being sold to a private buyer for alternative use. News 6 Aug 2023 Hmmm ......... how very unfortunate........

Now it's been deliberately burnt down and destroyed. Sad.

New Owners were Crooked

So sad to see The Crooked House is now gutted due to fire damage one week after being sold. A piece of history gone for good ☹️

@simonhodgetts6530

11 ай бұрын

Look out for a planning application for houses there in the not too distant future……….

@paulobrien4181

11 ай бұрын

Theres nothing sacred in this country anymore british values what are they

@veritasvincit2745

11 ай бұрын

Wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't an insurance job too. 😢

@sphenoidjjj

11 ай бұрын

It seems pretty suspect..

@kevinwake8789

11 ай бұрын

It's so sad to see this historic pub is now a pile of rubble. It was torn down sometime this afteroon/evening.

It got sold. Then it suffered a mystery fire. Then, two days later and without permission, it was totally knocked down. By order of the new owner. Mmm. So very sorry this happened.

I can’t wait till the new owners start building so I can go down and burn it

The crooked developers have been ordered to put it right. Or crooked.

So very Sad. RIP Crooked House/Glynne Arms, Himley.

What a great pub

Burnt to the ground. But deffo NOTHING to do with thenew owners. I repeat NOTHING TO DO WITH NEW OWNERS WANTING TO DEVELOP AND BUILD ON THE LAND.

Now demolished less than 48hrs after the fire....sad day

Just herd on radio that the pub has burned down

I got married there. Great place.

@saintsmc

11 ай бұрын

Now it’s gone :(

@claudialou85

11 ай бұрын

And me too. Was truly an amazing place, now gone forever 😢 Had many an evening there too, held special memories for myself and my Husband. When I moved to the Black country 13 years ago (my husband is born and breed black country) he was so excited to take me here and I too fell in love with this place. So sad we can never return now

heartbroken all for greed history gone for money children mever going to see this honestly i hope who evers donee this rots

Only visited a couple of times. Really was an odd place. Somehow unnerving to even walk across the bar.

This place has to mess with your head when drunk😂

@JustDaniel6764

11 ай бұрын

Its beem burnt down now😮

@kevinwake8789

11 ай бұрын

@@JustDaniel6764 it's a pile of rubble now. Someone came along and demolished it this (Monday) afternoon/evening.

@JustDaniel6764

11 ай бұрын

@@kevinwake8789 You're joking? What a loss! It's actually quite sad. Is it something to do with the new owner? What a real shame. I had a pint today with my Dad in 'Ye olde hob inn' In bamber bridge near preston, another lovely pub, beautifully thatched roof and the site of the 'Battle of Bamber bridge' In WW2 where the landlord banned all white American GI's for refusing to drink with Black American soldiers. Another piece of our marvellous history gone.

@kevinwake8789

11 ай бұрын

@justdaniel8764 Sadly not joking, it's just a pile of bricks on the pictures on many articles from local and national news. There is suspicion that it's something to do with the new owners, as it is coming out they're developers but apprently wanted to use this place as a wedding venue. The local mayor wants an investigation into why it was demolished as it looked sturdy after the fire, and less than 48 hours after the fire, also why piles of dirt were blocking the entrances upto the pub, fire fighters had to use over 40 feet of hose just to get to the pub as the engines couldn't get next to it. Picture of 1 engine with a pile of dirt blocking the lane going to the pub.

@JustDaniel6764

11 ай бұрын

@@kevinwake8789 So it's been done purposely!!! somebody needs to be jailed for this, but seeing as our police farce only solve 5% of crimes i wont be holding my breath. Its actually quite sad to lose such an iconic building let alone another pub. Our history is being eroded daily and hijacked by the hour. Im sick of it. I wish i had the money to leave this country, i love it with all my heart but this ahitshow is not what our great/grandfather's fought for. Its actually sad to have to witness, but as im broke and living pay day to pay day im gonna have to stay and watch our once great nation crumble. It actually breaks my heart. Thanks for the info though. A real shame. 😢

How is it this building survived 300 years without the best construction knowledge and in our century with all the technology and safety measures we let it burn down😢

@johnny88j9

4 ай бұрын

Good news the judge told them to rebuild it.

I find it odd that it was not a Listed Building, as it is, the owner has the right to tear it down (I can see the additional advantage of collecting fire insurance) Once the rubble has been removed, the owners have clear access to their landfill next door, where there was an ongoing dispute about road access The plot thickens I'd be interested in new developments from a police investigation

Crooked people burned it down.

I want to go to this pub. would love to see it👍❤😎💖💖💖💖

@bikegeist

11 ай бұрын

I hope you managed to visit before last week 😢.

@rickyroaster

11 ай бұрын

No chance was set on fire deliberately

I only see marbles rolling downhill?

Can’t wait for the new student flats to go up

@Millymollymandy121

11 ай бұрын

Hahah. Probably 🤔

Whoever burned it down is crooked

Haven’t been here since 1985

A criminal investigation should be started into the very obvious deliberate fire, access purposely block to prevent fire engine access. Then demolished without permission. Anybody could figure out I was all done on purpose, no accidents happened. Carly Taylor needs arrested and investigated for this very obvious chain of events. Do these people think that they'll get away with it, the amount of people they've angered this won't go away.

lets hope nobody buys the place just before it mysteriously burns down to make way for shitty apartments...

@kevinwake8789

11 ай бұрын

It was sold off to a private buyer late last month for an alternative use.

@GhostFuture2000

11 ай бұрын

@@kevinwake8789 and then mysteriously burnt to the ground...

@kevinwake8789

11 ай бұрын

@GhostFuture2000 then, even more mysteriously, been demolished before the fire and police investigation has finished.

@GhostFuture2000

11 ай бұрын

@@kevinwake8789 probably just a coincidence...

Such a shame its been sold off

@danielwilcox5718

11 ай бұрын

And now burnt down 😢

@JustDaniel6764

11 ай бұрын

​@@danielwilcox5718Gotta be connected

Burnt down And Bulldozed within a couple of days.

Owing to the climate emergency a much loved piece of local culture spontaneously combusted, to ensure nothing accidentally on purpose like this ever happens again, 20 story's of sustainable living pods with an extensive sprinkler system that uses recycled p:ss are proposed for the sight to provide accomodation to those that will enrich and diversify the area.. a blue plaque in tribute to the wonky pub will be available to view in the new central courtyard allocated for safe drug use and the toileting of illegal pets.

jonathan meades brought me here.

#1 comment

" Welcome to the world famous Crooked House, where _everything_ is slanted...especially the *teeth* "

@davidhoward2487

2 жыл бұрын

Thought the same! Some are scared of dentists though..even though you get free treatment of check-ups...