Barnard Castle, 1987
FROM OUR ARCHIVE: Sunderland footballer Eric Gates is the man drinking fizz in a bath hoist at Stoneleigh old folks' home in Barnard Castle in 1987. He is accompanied by Round Table chairman Trevor Dixon, president Bruce Coates, community chairman Peter Austin and Megan Jones, officer-in-charge of the home.
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