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Taberna Close, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE15 0BW

A Therapy Centre, Newsagent/Post Office, Delicatessen/Tea Shop (a handy stop on the Hadrian's Wall National Trail) and a Veterinary Surgery make up the current selection. A popular children's nursery, Abacus, now occupies the building on the right. It was built in 1962, for Throckley District Co-op, whose shop had been in the old blacksmiths near The Three Tuns since 1924. In 1978, it was used as a perfume factory.

An update on a previous photo taken in 2009 Image The shops are located between Mithras Gardens and Taberna Close.

The three shops are Posh Paws (dog grooming), The Dell (bar, cafe & bistro), and Blythman & Partners Veterinary Practice. Bunting is out for the 75th Anniversary of VE Day but street parties will be somewhat muted by the Coronavirus pandemic Image

Although currently closed for the Coronavirus outbreak, the owners have decorated the window for the VE Day 75th Anniversary Image

'Posh Paws' dog grooming parlour and 'Doggie Boutique' has moved into the former Heddon Post Office and newsagent shop on Taberna Close Image The Post Office business has relocated to the Spar shop at Heddon Service Station Image

A life-size sculpture of a Roman Centurion carved from the trunk of a diseased and dying horse chestnut tree by Consett tree sculptor, Tommy Craggs, in October and November 2018, with money raised by a local group, 'Heddon Branches'. The location is on the grass between the shops, Dingle Dell tea-room and the children's nursery Image The old village school on Towne Gate can be seen behind Image The name comes from the Tenth Cohort of the Sixth Legion, Victrix (Conqueror), who are known to have built part of Hadrian's Wall in the Heddon area about 121 AD, as shown on a building stone found in the sector of the Wall in 1751 but now lost. Hexham Courant 1st November 2018: http://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/17194247.dying-trees-new-life-as-roman-soldier/?ref=rss Hexham Courant 28th November 2018: https://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/17261217.roman-soldier-carves-place-in-villages-history/ "I march alone and gaze afar across these windswept glades for sight of those this wall to breach the hoards who would invade Though far from home I tread this wall with hardships yet untold though days are long and winters cold its beauty in my soul Marching men with boots on earth the sound of thunder brings faint lights from distant fortress guide to shelter winter winds One dawn did break I left this land no lesson more to learn though time had chosen I would leave I vowed I would return And now once more I cast my gaze beyond a distant plain and in this place and from this tree stood proud I shall remain" 'I Am Victrix' by Edmund McGough (displayed in the window of Image) https://web.archive.org/web/20200429152416/https://www.thedellheddon.co.uk/

Dressed in a suitable Coronavirus lockdown T-shirt in the good British tradition of adorning statues Image The entrance to Leigh's Children's Nursery on Taberna Close Image can be seen on the left. The company also runs nurseries in Newcastle and Gateshead. This in Heddon was their first and opened in 2004.

Photo taken in May 2021 after the installation of new information board. See description here Image

The location of the prolific source of blossom is shown here Image