{"id":138802,"date":"2023-08-16T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T02:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-mystery-of-the-crooked-house-fire\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T09:12:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T02:12:29","slug":"the-mystery-of-the-crooked-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-mystery-of-the-crooked-house-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"The mystery of the Crooked House fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nWhen Britain\u2019s wonkiest pub was destroyed in a fire and the ruins demolished, it sparked protests and made headlines around the world \u2013 but why?Thanks to a bad case of subsidence the Crooked House in the Black Country, had become a landmark. Punters talked about how its alarming lean made you feel drunk before you got to your pint, while badly made shelves were said to be \u2018as straight as the Crooked House\u2019.But then it was bought by developers, caught fire and was immediately demolished. For many people it seemed like a symptom of how loved, local pubs were disappearing, while the nature of the pub\u2019s destruction also raised interest across the country \u2013 and beyond. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/audio\/2023\/aug\/16\/the-mystery-of-the-crooked-house-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The mystery of the Crooked House fire<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; When Britain\u2019s wonkiest pub was destroyed in a fire and the ruins demolished, it sparked&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-A6K","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":74754,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/steel-workers-suffer-from-just-plain-crooked-pensions-advice-mps-warn\/","url_meta":{"origin":138802,"position":0},"title":"Steel workers suffer from \u2018just plain crooked\u2019 pensions advice, MPs warn","date":"December 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Steel workers suffer from \u2018just plain crooked\u2019 pensions advice, MPs warn","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31416,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-crooked-landlords-who-are-finding-new-ways-to-cheat-desperate-renters\/","url_meta":{"origin":138802,"position":1},"title":"The crooked landlords who are finding new ways to cheat desperate renters","date":"October 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Intense competition for sought-after properties means it\u2019s all too easy to be taken in by fraudsters, says Harriet Meyer \u2013 so be aware of the pitfallsWhen Chanuki Bavington found what looked like the perfect flat to rent she was delighted and relieved. 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