South Shields pub The Bamburgh temporarily renamed for Great North Run day
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A pub famous for its location on the Great North Run route has been temporarily renamed for the big day.
The Bamburgh pub is famous for sitting next to the Great North Run finish line, and will welcome many of the thousands of runners and spectators taking part in and watching the half marathon on Sunday, September 10.
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Hide AdAnd to mark the occasion, this year the Greene King pub has been temporarily renamed ‘The Finish Line’.
Kyle Flannigan, general manager at The Finish Line said: “Each year we welcome hundreds of participants of the AJ Bell Great North Run into our pub as the unofficial ‘finish line’ of the race.
"So this year, we’ve made it official! We can’t wait welcome spectators and race finishers to The Finish Line on Sunday.”
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