-----Original Message----- From: northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Wright Sent: 12 December 2009 16:22 To: northumbria@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NMB] FAWCUS, BONE & ARKLE Hi Geoff, I have always wondered how the Monkey Bar got its name, thanks for the explanation In the back room of the Monkey Bar the ceiling had a beautiful glass dome in the centre of it. It has been covered up for years. Bob > It may have changed in the last few months but until quite > recently it was what it always seems to have been - The Market Tavern. > You may > know the story of how it came to be called the Monkey Bar but perhaps > some > others subscribers do not and would be interested. I have been told that > it > goes back to the days when the Grainger/Dobson buildings in Grey Street, > Market Street etc were being built (1840s). There were lots of builders' > labourers working around there, and many of them were hod carriers, who > would > carry their precious hods with them when they went for a lunch-time > drink. > They favoured the Market Tavern but the landlord insisted they leave > their > hods outside, or in the lobby, while they were inside. Their slang term > for their hods was their "monkey", hence the name of the Monkey Bar, > where > there were always lots of them around the doorway. This may or may not > be > true, but it has a ring of authenticity about it and I like to think that > it is. > > Geoff Nicholson > > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.716 / Virus Database: 270.14.104/2559 - Release Date: 12/11/09 19:37:00 -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 977 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message