THE OTHER SIGN IS DUNCAN & DAGLISH WHO WERE A NEWCASTLE FIRM BREWERS MALTSTERS AND WINE & SPRIT MERCHANTS THEY FORMED IN 1897 AS EXISTING DIRECTORS OF J DUNCAN AND COMPANY AT THE TIME HAVING 21 LICENSED & 12 LEASEHOLD PREMISES IN 1966 BASS BOUGHT OUT ALL REMAINING SHARES OUTRIGHT TO THE COMPANY

THE CARD IS DATED AS C1907 DUE TO BRITTAIN & WRIGHT PRINTING THESE TINTED CARDS AROUND THAT TIME AS WELL AS THE CARD BEING PRINTED IN SAXONY GERMANY WITH THE ADVENT OF WAR LOOMING AS EARLY AS 1908 ANY GERMAN PRODUCT WOULD HAVE BEEN FROWNED UPON. AT THIS TIME ROBERT LEIPER WAS LANDLORD ROBERT FROM SUNDERLAND IN FACT HIM AND HIS FAMILY RAN IT THROUGH THE 1900'S

Nothing remains of the pub now, the lamp pillar or indeed the lion, we wonder what happened to it? Today the Fountain public house stands where the Red Lion once did but set further back from the road, this was one reason for the old pub's demolition because it caused the road to narrow at this point as you can see in the Postcard. .