Railway Tavern

The Railway Tavern - can't find an image of this pub with a sign saying The Railway Tavern. In the early 60's the pub was referred to locally as Graigsie's (think that's the right name) after the tenants They said that this was the first pub in the North East to have 'discotheque' lights. The lights made your beer look the colour of sump oil and your black suit looked like it was covered in dandruff. Definitely one of the places for a fight at chucking-out time and normally the local copper - Big Jock (I think) was often on hand to calm things down or sometimes join in just for the fun of it.

Foxy, courtesy of one of his mates, comes up with the old pub sign - The Railway Tavern. Don't know the year the photo was taken but as the level crossing gates & warning light system are in place I would guess at after the wooden foot bridge was removed in 1973. 

This old image posted on a Facebook group and saved by one of the members but that member can't remember which group they saved it from. Suspect it will be from one of Evan Martin's many books on Bedlingtonshire - the Railway Tavern, proprietor G E O CRAIGS, with ELLIOT'S newsagents on the left of the building.