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Date of photo: 2009	Picture source: Google Streetview
The Craghead Hotel was situated on Front Street. This pub closed in 1968 when the publican was Harry Spaven. This pub has been used by a printing firm since then.
Source: Mike Shingleton
This pub was commandeered as the Sergeants Mess for the army unit billeted in the village and two of the Sergeants were Dennis Compton (England cricketer) and Len Duns (Member of the 1937 Sunderland FA Cup winning team) who were both Physical Training Instructors at the army camp in the village. Sgt Duns threw a wash bowl full of water out of an upstairs window and soaked Betty Keown, a teenage paper girl who was passing in the street below. In 1971, I had the pleasure of introducing the two of them. He was a business acquaintance, and she was my mother!
Neville Bougourd (June 2025)
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