Kirkby Stephen street scene &copy; Tom Pennington

2009

NY7708 : Kirkby Stephen street scene

Kirkby Stephen street scene

Category: Street scene

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Grid Square: NY7708, 410 images (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer: Tom Pennington (more nearby)
Date Taken: Sunday, 12 April, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 13 April, 2009
Subject Location: OSGB36: NY 774 088 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:28.4649N 2:20.9597W
Camera Location: OSGB36: NY 773 088
View Direction: East-southeast (about 112 degrees)

Image classification(about): Geograph

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NY7708 : The White Lion, Kirkby Stephen NY7708 : Sign for the White Lion, Kirkby Stephen NY7708 : The Taggy Man, Kirkby Stephen NY7708 : Sign for the Taggy Man, Kirkby Stephen
Looks like the old White Lion pub in Kirkby Stephen has recently become The Taggy Man. It even sells Taggy Blonde, a beer brewed for them by the Kirkby Lonsdale Brewery.

According to A Short History of Kirkby Stephen
Whilst in the church area, one last interesting fact is that the ‘Taggy’ bell is still rung at eight o’clock. After the chiming of the hour, the bell rings to mark the day of the month. The ‘taggy’ is an older form of the Norman ‘curfew’, to cover the fire. The local saying is that if children are not home by eight o’clock, the ‘taggy’ man will get them.

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