There's Nothin' like a Dame... Traditional Cache
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There's Nothin' like a Dame...
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The cache is a nano situated in a very busy area close to Northumbria University just to the right of the watchful eyes of Dame Allan herself so maximum stealth is required. Goes without saying you'll need a pencil to sign the log :) No need to go into the premises, cache is retrievable from the street.
Over 300 years ago tobacconist’s widow Eleanor Allan fulfilled her pipe dream of opening schools for poor children.
Dame Allan sold her farm in Wallsend to open her schools, which were founded in 1705, for 40 poor boys and 20 poor girls. The Queen Anne-style building at the coordinates was built by architect R J Johnson and was home to the Dame Allan schools from 1883 to 1935.
The first schools are believed to have been sited near St Nicholas Church, now the city’s Anglican Cathedral, which moved in 1786 to Manor Chare near All Saints, 1821 to Carliol Square, 1861 to Rosemary Lane off Pudding Chare, and 1875 to Hanover Square before moving in to the purpose-built College Street building. It is now owned by Northumbria University and part is let to the Newcastle Law Society and part to the city council’s youth offending team.
The statue of Dame Allan, who died in 1708, is mounted in a niche on the wall of the adjacent headmaster’s house. It is the only statue to a woman in Newcastle apart from those to Queen Victoria.
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Gb gur yrsg bs gur fvta