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A LANDMARK pub to be consigned to history if plans to replace it with new homes are approved by Barnsley Council.
Anthony Youel took over The Monkey in Thurgoland in 1999 and ran it as a bar and restaurant for several years. He then used it mainly to showcase artwork after custom dwindled. His artwork being of the bizarre kind had many profanities upon the pubs walls with a theme of death leopard throughout.
Mr Youel wants to pursue his artistic career in Cornwall and the planning application to Barnsley Council proposes the site be redeveloped with four homes featuring five or six bedrooms.
Mr Youel is a former coal miner from Dodworth who moved into the pub after running a grocery business.
The pub now stands empty but has a couple looking after the premises, who live in the flat upstairs. They where kind enough to give us a look around the place before it either gets demolished or refurbished.
A LANDMARK pub to be consigned to history if plans to replace it with new homes are approved by Barnsley Council.
Anthony Youel took over The Monkey in Thurgoland in 1999 and ran it as a bar and restaurant for several years. He then used it mainly to showcase artwork after custom dwindled. His artwork being of the bizarre kind had many profanities upon the pubs walls with a theme of death leopard throughout.
Mr Youel wants to pursue his artistic career in Cornwall and the planning application to Barnsley Council proposes the site be redeveloped with four homes featuring five or six bedrooms.
Mr Youel is a former coal miner from Dodworth who moved into the pub after running a grocery business.
The pub now stands empty but has a couple looking after the premises, who live in the flat upstairs. They where kind enough to give us a look around the place before it either gets demolished or refurbished.
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