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Collecting wood at Tunstall..jpg

Collecting wood at Tunstall.

Chapman's Farm..jpg
Durham Lane Mill ..jpg

Durham Lane Mill .

Chester Road corner of The Royalty..jpg

Chester Road corner of The Royalty.

Chester Road.Early 1900's..jpg
Glebe Cleft Villas, situated on Chester

Glebe Cleft Villas, situated on Chester Road      between the ex-railway bridge and the Royalty.

Chester Road at the bottom of Cleveland
Chester Road West. With the Workhouse in
Long Gone. A railway arch going through

Long Gone. A railway arch going through    Bishopwearmouth Cemetery.Chester Road.

Fulwell Mill Bank.jpg
Stoney Lane..jpg

Stoney Lane, Southwick..

Lighthouse at the Wheatsheaf, only time

Lighthouse at the Wheatsheaf, only time it was lit up was the fire that destroyed it in the early 70's.

Hartley's Glass Works print 1855.jpg
Wheatsheaf corner..jpg
Hylton Ferry1890..jpg

Hylton Ferry 1890.

Hylton Ferry again from the North..jpg
Hylton From the Northside..jpg
Gill Bridge Cemetery..jpg

Hylton from the north-side.

Hylton Ferry, again from the north.

Ryhope road..jpg

Gill Bridge Cemetery off Hylton Road.

Silksworth Row, the Yellow Bird shop in
The Cannon,Barnes Park..jpg

Silksworth Row, the Yellow Bird shop in view.

Spectacular crash on Selbourne street, h

Spectacular crash on Selbourne street, how did he manage that??????? 

Watchtower in Lisburn Tce. The Watchtowe
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Watchtower in Lisburn Tce. The Watchtower was built in 1776 to check ship movements on a stretch of the    river just above Wearmouth Bridge & demolished in    1903.

A busy crossing on the Wearmouth Bridge.

A busy crossing on the Wearmouth Bridge.

Ryhope road.

Walked away from the front of Chippies m

Walked away from the front of Chippies many a time.

Tunstall Hills 1910..jpg
Cage Hill,  Monkwearmouth..jpg

Ford Paper Mill.

Cage Hill,  Monkwearmouth.

Dame Dorothy St,up to the 1950s..jpg

Dame Dorothy Street, up to the 1950s.

A busy time at the top of  Steels Bank..

A busy time at the top of  Steels Bank.

Wheatsheaf, where Sunderland Stagecoach

Wheatsheaf, now Stagecoach Offices, North Bridge Street.   

The hot tatie man, used to be found outs
A broken Gill Bridge in 1934..jpg
Mayfair looking up Durham Road..jpg

Mayfair toffee factory looking up Durham Road.

A broken Gill Bridge in 1934.

The hot tatie man,  outside Garrick's Head Pub on Bedford Street.            

Manor Quay ..jpg

Manor Quay .

Claxheugh rock collapse..jpg
Fulwell village with Ebdon's Farm - circ

Fulwell village with Ebdon's Farm circa 1910.

Sunderland's new dustcart in `1948, this

Sunderland's new dustcart in `1948,  this design was still used in the 70's.

Bicycles and Sunderland's 'new' dustcart

Bicycles and Sunderland's 'new' dustcart on The Queen Alexandra Bridge.             

Waterworks Road..jpg

Waterworks Road.

Waterworks Road in colour..jpg

Waterworks Road, Just off the back of Silksworth Row.

Park Place 1900S.jpg
1985. Demolition of Waterworks Road..jpg

1985. Demolition of Waterworks Road.

This country lane is actually Chester Ro
Tunstall Village.jpg

This country lane is actually Chester Road, Grindon Mill pub and Penshaw Monument in the distance.    

Tunstall Village.

Barnes Park Road, maybe where the old bu

Barnes Park Road, maybe where  the old building in Barne's park is.

Belle Vue Crescent, just off Tunstall Ro

Belle Vue Crescent, just off Tunstall Road.

Cottage on Glass House Hill at Southwick

Cottage on Glass House Hill at Southwick 1949.

Dykelands Road under construction April

Dykelands Road under construction April 1936.

Dykelands Road tram lines under construc

Dykelands Road tram lines under construction April 1936.

Electric Clock in Newcastle Road June 19
The end of The Ropery in Roker Avenue in

The end of The Ropery in Roker Avenue in the 1990s.

View of Wearmouth pit from Dame Dorothy

View of Wearmouth pit from Dame Dorothy flats.

The Royal Infirmary possibly early 80's.
The Royal Infirmary during demolition an

The Royal Infirmary possibly early 1980's.

The Royal Infirmary during demolition and a damn disgrace once again. I worked there as a porter.   .

Electric Clock in Newcastle Road June 1937.

Ice cream selling in Northumberland Stre

Ice cream seller in Northumberland Street, now part of the Bridges.

W.T Davison Horseshoers and Blacksmiths,
'The Galvanisers' and the railway bridge

W.T Davison Horseshoers and Blacksmiths, Monk street.

'The Galvanisers' and the railway bridge off the Pallion end of Queen Alex bridge, all gone.        

Sunderland's coal-fired Power Station, G

Sunderland's coal-fired Power Station, Gill Bridge and Lambton Staiths Engine Shed, 1968.               

Newcastle Road in August 1992. I was awa

Newcastle Road in August 1992. I was away in Alston when this went up.

Bishopwearmouth School ..jpg

Bishopwearmouth School .

A broader view of Bishopwearmouth School

A broader view of Bishopwearmouth School.

Grange School which was on the site of t

Grange School which was on the site of the Civic Centre.

Fulwell Mill in the distance and those h

Fulwell Mill in the distance and those houses are still there.

Newcastle Road Posh Baths..jpg

Newcastle Road Posh Baths. Now a little housing estate.

Monkwearmouth and Southwick Hospital on
Monkwearmouth Station..jpg
Southwick green, late 19th Century..jpg

Southwick Green, late 19th Century.

High Southwick Board School..jpg

High Southwick Board School.

Southwick Green used to be a dentists an

Southwick Green, used to be Town Hall and dentists.

Out of work in 1935, wonder where they'r

Out of work in 1935, wonder where they're sat...

Bishopwearmouth station and one hell of

Bishopwearmouth station and one hell of a brush there.

The original Echo-boy statue..jpg

The original Echo-boy statue.

The last Victorian buildings to be demol
The 'lower' Bede School ..jpg

The last Victorian buildings to be demolished at Sunderland General Hospital, early 2000's.

The 'lower' Bede School and my old Alma Mater, still going .

Jackie & Davie Naisbets blacksmiths, Por

Jackie & Davie Naisbets blacksmiths, Porterbello Lane off Roker Avenue.   

The level crossing at South Hylton..jpg
Quite a narrow back lane here but where.

Quite a narrow back lane here but where?.

West Park Central..jpg
Back o the pit skool..jpg

West Park Central School.

Back o' the Pit Skool.

Boys' Industrial School..jpg
Another view of the Boys' Industrial Sch
And yet another view of the Boys' Indust
Garden Street School..jpg

Another view of the Boys'  Industrial School, East End

 Boys' Industrial School, Parents waiting for their sons.

Castletown juniors school..jpg
Hylton Road School..jpg

Castletown juniors school.

A nice old lamp Sheepfolds south on the

Hylton Road School.

Bonners Field under demolition..jpg

Bonners Field under demolition.

Garden Street School.

Saint mary's School at the bottom of Che

St Mary's School, bottom of Chester Road.

Fulwell Mill ..jpg

Fulwell Mill .

A nice old lamp Sheepfolds south on the Sheepfolds.

Brewery Bank ..jpg
Chatsworth Street, nice car, you can tel

Brewery Bank .

Hall Farm and was this where Holborn Roa
Dairy house in Gravesend Road and I beli

Dairy house in Gravesend Road and I believe it is still there,

Hall Farm, where Holborn Road met Chester Road.

Late 19th century farm in Sunderland ..j

Chatsworth Street, nice car, you can tell it's High Barnes .

19th century farm in Sunderland.

Canny crowd outside of Hallgarth Mission

Canny crowd outside of Hallgarth Mission.

Bronze age canoe, once upon a time it wa

Bronze age canoe, once upon a time it was in our museum, the good folk at newcassel are looking after it nowadays.... ...

The cannons of Mowbray Park, went for th

The cannons of Mowbray Park, went for the war effort.

Freda Street, Southwick..jpg
Steam roller outside Fulwell Junior Scho

Freda Street, Southwick.

Steam roller outside Fulwell Junior School.

Fulwell Road a few years back..jpg
Monkwearmouth station..jpg

Fulwell Road a few years ago.

Monkwearmouth station.

1947, Guisborough Street..jpg

1947, Guisborough Street.

Dundas Street 1960 before the council 'p

Dundas Street 1960 before the council 'preserved it by taking half of it away.  

Ettrick Grove. Looking up towards Humble
Train derailed by the bridge over Cheste

Train derailment at the St. Mark's/Chester Road junction.

The lime kilns at Fulwell.jpg

Silksworth Row, the Yellow Bird shop in view.

Silksworth Row, the Yellow Bird shop in
Grade II-listed Word War I sound mirror

Grade II-listed Word War I sound mirror at Namey Hill in Fulwell,

Lozenge Pill Box, Herrington, one of onl
Hylton Castle from the air..png
Millfield Station..jpg

Train pulling into Millfield Station.

Lozenge Pill Box, Herrington, one of only two surviving.

millfield..jpg

Hylton Castle from the air.

The  Millfield Station, just before clos

The Millfield Station, just before closure..

Newcastle Road and some iffy driving..jp

Newcastle Road and some iffy driving.

And from the rear...jpg

And from the rear..

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