


Binns, Fawcett Street.


The spiral stairs at Binns, still there but mostly blocked off.
Binns after WWII

Binns, Fawcett Street. 1909

Binns, 1980,not many years left .

Blacketts, Union street frontage.

Best picture of Blackett's I've seen, why was it pulled down?

E. Aylen's shop.

Hudson's watchmakers, 314 High Street West.

Cale Adams fish shop, Colliery Row.

Earlier photo of Liverpool House.

Liverpool House, High St West, the building used to be Georgian houses but they were still pulled down.

Shops on High Street West.


Hopp's Fruit Shop also selling rabbits when in season.


Saxons corner of Holmeside and Waterloo Place.

Earnshaw's shop on Thelma street.

Coronation Street and Sans Street shops.

Cawthorne's pie shop, High street west.

Coronation Street shops and Covent Gardens.


Jopllings before the building of The Continental.

34 Fawcett St. Was it a relation?


Old photo of Mackie's corner.



Meng Bros restaurant, Sydenham House, Fawcett St
William Lambert's shop on the corner.

North Bridge Street Printing Works in 1898


Rowell's Cafe, Park Lane.

Jopling and Tuer's, the original shop maybes


Binns, 37 Fawcett Street
A new Binns not long after the war, now it's The William Jameson pub.
Dr. Who passing Binns in 1977.


Parnaby's on Hylton Road.

Durham Book Centre.on Albion Place.

S. Williamson, Butchers on Church Street.

Southwick Green Co-operative.
The wonder of Woolies, Fawcett street side.

F. Reay outside his shop at 118 Church street north.

Old Jacky White's market. Packed to the rafters


This little sweet shop stood next door to Sans Street Mission on High Street.
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Press Lane between Liverpool House(s) and it's where the Sunderland Echo was started, now all gone and the bricked up doorway just halfway up the wall was a walkway between the two buildings.

Walters footwear shop, corner of Thompson Road and James Armitage Street in 1970.

Strand outfitters, corner of Crowtree Road and High Street West

Pennywell shops,remember all the wood in Woolies, floorboards, the shelves, brilliant.

Inside the East end market.



Summmerside's on the end of Colliery Row

Bamboo Chinese Restaurant on High Street West legend has it the owners were so polite that they would say 'thank you good night ' when you legged it without paying.1st one in Sunderland

Jeffrey's butchers, Crowtree road 1900.

Silksworth Row.with one of Albert Ccroziers shops in view.
Silksworth Row. But mainly Thornton Place.


Looking down High Street at Liverpool House.
One of Maypole's shops, but where?

inside Blacketts , the crockery department.

Hardy's furniture store in Fawcett Street 1972.


Maws of Pallion, brilliant pies.
Fellas ice cream van. Mobile shop....

Donalds Restaurant - on fire.



Olive street with Spinning Disc, Maw's Pies and Geordie Jeans on show, Just in view, The Park.
Interior of Woods Butchers, Hendon Road, 1964.

Hill's on Waterloo Place.
The window to watch...

Hill's and an earlier photo.


Long gone High Street West shops.

British Home Stores in it's heyday.





Opticians on Roker Avenue and never changed since the 60's.
Wear While U Well Wait and this has been the same since the 60's