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Picture source: Steve Turner

The Coxlodge was situated on Kenton Road. This pub closed c2009 and was also known as The Trap.

Source: George Tullin

The Trap when renamed from The Coxlodge Hotel depicted a sign showing greyhounds leaving a trap. The Trap got this nickname as miners returning from shift would pop in for a drink if open and sometimes out stay, their women folk used to say " I know where he is, he's been caught in the trap"

Michael Hoy (January 2017)

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