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Ravaged by fire and eventually demolished in 2020. As a young lad I remember going into the barbers next door to The George and halfway through my haircut Bob Philips would pop out the door - "Back in a minute" he would say - and come back with his pint pot refilled.

Sunderland Echo October 1947 (Digitally enhanced by Bill Hawkins)