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• At 2009.09.22 01:11, Leif Hagen said:

  It looks very well maintained and the flower pots are a great embellishment!

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• At 2009.09.22 14:42, alf stone said:

  I presume the walk only covers the exterior of the pubs so you wouldn’t know if the huge chair still holds pride of place in the Duke of Wellington. It was reputed to belong to a former landlord, William Campbell who stood 6′4″ tall and weighed 52 stones and he was only 22 years old. Sadly it didn’t do him much good as he died at that age.

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• At 2009.09.22 15:11, mrs K said:

  Oh my, I never thought I would see a picture of my pub which I used to visit at least twice a week, held meetings there, got the Landlord to apply for a licence to cover a charity event and he donated all the profits to help us buy one of the first kidney machines for the RVI. Oh the memories came flooding back.

  Thank you, thank you, thank you.

  mrs K

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• At 2009.09.22 18:29, Dave said:

  A Daily Photo pub crawl!

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• At 2009.09.22 18:29, Dave said:

  Mrs K,

  what a lovely gesture from that landlord - isn’t that great?

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• At 2009.09.22 21:54, Mike said:

  Is that where the tour guides tell you the ancient story of where an incredibly fat bloke died on the 1st floor and they couldn’t get him out except through the top window?

  Mike

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• At 2009.09.22 22:20, mrs K said:

  I don’t know about the tour, but the incredibly fat bloke place was in half way up or down (depending on which way you entered High Bridge.

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• At 2009.09.23 10:21, Paula said:

  I do like pubs.

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• At 2009.09.23 22:09, Beth said:

  Leif - I’ve not been in, but I want to now!

  Alf - we didn’t go into any of the pubs, but we stood outside and got all the stories! And yes, we heard that one, but we were told he was 26 years old, 54 stone with a 76 inch chest and 96 inch shoulders, and that just before his death a doctor in London said he was in pretty good health - fairly active with a normal appetite!

  I’ve found my notes from the tour now :)

  mrs k - i’m glad to make you happy!

  Dave - yep :)

  Mike - as Alf mentioned above, yes :) And Mrs K, yes too!

  Paula - Newcastle has quite a few of them!

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• At 2010.08.24 15:32, colin said:

  Hi, I have an old postcard with a picture of William Campell. unable to download it as dont know how! got it for about 6 pence in the 1960s. regards, colin

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