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Built in around 1430, the Cooperage is one of Newcastle's oldest buildings. Until very recently it was a working pub/bar, but is currently closed. This photo is of its main entrance; 'heed' is Geordie for 'head'.
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Monday, 19 October 2009
Thursday, 9 July 2009
The Cooperage
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Built around 1430 the Cooperage is one of Newcastle's oldest surviving buildings. Some of the timbers in the building are believed to have come from a merchant ship sunk in the River Tyne. In the 16th Century it was home to Thomas Horsley, a Newcastle merchant who founded what is know the Royal Grammar School.; he was also Lord Mayor of the city in 1525 and 1533. It later became a Coopers ( barrel maker) workshop; hence its current name. It is now a pub.
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Built around 1430 the Cooperage is one of Newcastle's oldest surviving buildings. Some of the timbers in the building are believed to have come from a merchant ship sunk in the River Tyne. In the 16th Century it was home to Thomas Horsley, a Newcastle merchant who founded what is know the Royal Grammar School.; he was also Lord Mayor of the city in 1525 and 1533. It later became a Coopers ( barrel maker) workshop; hence its current name. It is now a pub.
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