There is a pub in Monkseaton Metro Station called The Left Luggage Room.
A group of us visited it as part of a pub crawl earlier this month.While I was at the bar getting the drinks a Chinese guy came in pulling a large metal suitcase. In broken English he asked one of the bar staff where he could leave his case, as he needed to nip to the shops before travelling to Newcastle Airport to fly eventually to China.
He thought the pub was an actual railway left luggage room, and he was prepared to pay, with great persistence, for them to look after his case for half an hour. She refused to take any payment and locked his case away while he toddled off to the nearest shops in Monkseaton.
Now it was his bad luck that the Tyne & Wear Metros were off between Regent Centre and Airport stations for track relaying that day so, when he returned, she had to explain to him how to get to the Airport using two metro trains and a replacement bus service. She was very patient - it took three attempts. Then he bought a pint and a muffin to steel himself for what would have been for him a complicated journey.
He left soon after dragging his case after him to catch his train on the opposite platform - good luck to him!
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