GC2Z5D6 The Westoe Netty (Traditional Cache) in North East England, United Kingdom created by brandywine

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GC2Z5D6 ▼

A cache by brandywine Message this owner

Hidden : 6/29/2011

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Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

A cache placed close to the site of a rather famous urinal!
This is a disco,have fun.

This public loo (men only) was planned in 1890 by the South Shields Town Council and they requested permission from the Whitburn Coal Co. to use a site at the end of the wing wall of the bridge which carried their mineral line over Imeary Street.(see GC2B06C---Rattler for further info)
Eighty two years later a local artist Robert (Bob) Olley painted his humourous impression of the 'customers' and the accumulated graffiti in the toilet and named the work 'Westoe Netty'
The paintng was exhibited in the Towns Museum and Library in 1972 causing a little controversy in the local Council!
Howver the picture proved to be very popular with the public and the Netty itself was listed as one of local Tourist attractions.
The toilet was bricked up in 1993 and in 1997, with the mineral line no longer in use, the area was to be cleared for re-development.Bob and a group of supporters got together to try to save the building and were granted two weeks to remove it from site.A scheme was launched in which the public could sponsor a brick which they kept at home until reconstruction could begin.It was taken apart brick by brick and the urinal troughs removed to storage.
Subsequently the netty was rebuilt at the Beamish Open Air Museum for future generations to enjoy,however it was difficult to prevent the public from putting it to the use that it had originally been constructed.
Unfortunately it was not connected to a sewerage system.
The fate of the netty is in the balance!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qba'g ybbx qbja

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)