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I was always fascinated by the sailor standing on the boat as a kid. I notice it’s lost the boat now.
Does anyone know any of its history?
When was it first erected and by whom?
My Grandfather was landlord at the Crown and Anchor and my father worked with him there when I was born in 1950 and at that time we lived there. The pirate was always there even then.