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By Larry Gardner
Historical Scottish Landmark Pub To Be Replaced By Modern Homes
ONE OF Scotland’s oldest licensed pubs has gone out of business and
is to be renovated into modern homes. The Crook Inn on the A701 road
between Broughton and Moffat in the community of Tweedsmuir,
Peeblesshire, was first licensed for business in 1604. Such notables
as Robbie Burns took hospitality there and legend has it, that a
barmaid fervently refused his amorous advances. Rob Roy and
Redgauntlet author Sir Walter Scott enjoyed refreshment there too.
It was also a gathering place for the Convenanters in the 17th
century who urged Scots to become Presbyterians. Its fifteen miles
either way to the next pub down the road but the owner says he has
been losing money for a long time and the conversion to four flats
and a house is an appropriate financial decision.
Local residents don’t see it that way at all and a Tweedsmuir
Community Association was formed to stop the construction, with the
idea that they would takeover the pub and run it as a community
project. Last month, the Scottish Borders Planning Department and
the Council agreed that the construction company Inverwest Ltd could
go ahead with the conversion, much to the utter disgust of the
Community Association.
The lawyer for the owner concurred that if the community had taken a
few beers in the Crook Inn when it was open, the whole situation may
never have arisen. www.savethecrook.org.uk.
Dapper Senior Citizen Dealt Heroin From His Garden Shed
AN OLD-AGE pensioner from Penlan, Swansea, is preparing to go to
jail after been found guilty of selling heroin from his back garden
shed. Police discovered a tin buried in his compost heap that
contained 18 foil wraps of heroin and arrested 70-year-old Griffith
Mortimer Davies. He denied the charge, saying he was looking after
the tin for someone, but would not tell police who it was. Dressed
in a smartly pressed dinner suit and bow tie, the jury at Swansea
Crown Court ignored Davies’ fashionable attire and brought in a
guilty verdict. Judge Keith Thomas allowed him home on bail, but
sentencing will take later this month.
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