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	Westoe Netty to be rebuilt! The "Westoe Netty" made famous by the painting by Bob Olley is to be rebuilt at Beamish Open Air Museum. The public toilet was demolished in 1997 but the bricks and urinals were numbered and saved in the hope that it would be rebuilt sometime in the future. Early this year contact was made with Chris Scott, Curator of Industry at the museum and within a few weeks arrangements were made to collect the Netty for reconstruction.

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	Bob's friend Harry Walker landlord of the Court Inn, Durham City commissioned Bob to design a mural around an aperture left by the removal of an extractor fan prior to smoking ban coming into force. The theme was to be a prisoner looking out from his cell in the direction of the Durham Crown Court and Prison. Inside the pub, a painted mural shows a prisoner in his cell with a Prison Officer looking in.