Jarrow: the Vikings
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Jarrow: the Vikings
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 24 Oct 2007
These Vikings were erected in 1961 by the Arndale Property Trust, on the opening of Britain's first Arndale Centre on the site now occupied by the Viking Shopping Centre. Arndale Centres derive their name from the Trust's founders, Arnold Hagenbach and Sam Chippendale. Their first centre was intended to be in Bradford but delays in lease matters meant a delay there, and thus Jarrow's was the first.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.981234
Longitude
-1.490126