New sign on The Black Boy
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The photograph on this page of New sign on The Black Boy by Penny Mayes as part of the Geograph project.
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New sign on The Black Boy
Image: © Penny Mayes Taken: 20 May 2014
When J D Wetherspoon first acquired The Black Boy in Broad Street, Newtown, they caused some controversy by announcing they would rename it 'Llewellyn ap Gruffydd'. It seemed an odd choice, there being a number of people with strong connections with the town they could have chosen and the feeling amongst vocal locals was "We will continue to call it The Black Boy" whatever you do. Eventually common sense, and the result of a local newspaper poll http://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/131235/wetherspoons-asks-readers-to-name-pub.aspx prevailed and it remains The Black Boy with this rather splendid new sign.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.516035
Longitude
-3.316218