Newport: the Tom Toya Lewis
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Newport: the Tom Toya Lewis
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 22 Feb 2009
Wetherspoon's pubs tend to be named after a local person or sometimes the building's former use. In this case, it is named after a 12-year-old paper boy who helped to save dock workers when the dock wall collapsed on 2 July 1909. This picture is taken only a few days away from the centenary of the foundation stone being laid when the building was to become a YMCA. See Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.583497
Longitude
-2.993499