Lizzie Jane Wood the landlady (Jocker Wood’s daughter) and dog at the window of the Duke of York on Maling St. Undated

2nd tag; Jocker Wood Back Maling Street? Byker

The Cumberland Arms first secured a licence to sell beer in 1862, and was one of a number of pubs that opened around the Ouseburn to cater for the influx of working-class families attracted to the area in search of employment. It was owned at one time by “Jocker” Wood, entrepreneur (he also operated the neighbouring Mason’s Arms and The Duke of York, both now demolished), world champion quoits player, bagatelle champion, golfer, pigeon-fancier and noted cyclist who pedaled from John O’Groats to Land’s End.

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http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/personal-project-driven-principles-4562799

It is the only pub still standing, previously under the management of John “Jocker” Wood, an entrepreneur, who also ran the now demolished Mason’s Arms and The Duke of York. He was a world champion quoits player, bagatelle champion, golfer, pigeon-fancier and noted cyclist who pedalled from John O’Groats to Land’s End. An Ouseburn heritage plaque was unveiled during the time of the Ouseburn Partnership which oversaw the first regeneration of the lower

Ouseburn valley.

“Jocker” Wood’s layout remains, with two rooms either side of a central entrance lobby where the off-sales hatch and its sliding window survives. The pub was eventually acquired in 1919 by Wilkinson’s Pine Street Brewery of Elswick with the current owners taking over in 2002. The original Byker Buildings may well have come down as part of the great slum clearance of the 1930s which was interrupted by the war. The post war flats known as Byker Buildings were demolished in September 2000.

http://www.thecumberlandarms.co.uk/our-history/

Mason arms