<<<<In a message dated 12/05/2004 09:46:40 GMT Daylight Time, clspegal@povn.com writes: 1)I found a reference to Robert Aitken- Cottage Tavern, 5 Hendon Rd. Sunderland in the 1910-1920 Durham directory,>>>> I think you will find it is 5 EAST Hendon Road. This is important as there was also a Cottage Tavern in Hendon Rd. There is a photograph of the Cottage Tavern in East Hendon Rd. in Old Pubs of Sunderland Volume 2. Regards Stan Mapstone