Westoe - The Westoe Netty

The Westoe Netty

Westoe became locally famous as the inspiration for a popular picture, the Westoe Netty, illustrating a local public toilet. Netty is a Geordie dialect word for toilet. The original toilet was built in 1890 near the railway bridge. To allow for regeneration, it was dismantled and put into storage in 1996. In 2008 the toilet was rebuilt as a permanent exhibit at the Beamish Museum.

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