It looks better than I thought it would TLD I wondered if it had closed as I used to get email updates from last year but then they all stopped.
At least it may give me a reason other than family duty to return to Tyneside more often. In fact my brother is a dog handler with Northumbria police also based in Ponteland I shall have to ask him if he knows about it.
I assumed it was part of the collage, I had the choice 30 odd years ago to go to either Kirkley hall or Houghal collage in Durham for my city in guilds in Horticulture,Oddly it was easier as a none driver to get to Durham hence I've never been to KH.
On the photo with a sign it says the Bears lived in the circular pit which was viewed from the turrets. The turrets are clearly still there but has the circular pit gone now? Was it in front of, or behind this building?
It is a very long closed collection of which this is the biggest part that can still be found,this picture explains a bit more of the history http://www.zoochat.com/722/leeds-zoo-39201/
It is a very long closed collection of which this is the biggest part that can still be found,this picture explains a bit more of the history http://www.zoochat.com/722/leeds-zoo-39201/
