A month ago we done a brief overview on the “characters” of Sunderland, the eccentric and notable figures of wearside who either amuse, uplift or even scare us! Now, we’re…

Southwick on Wear is a village with an extensive history, and its one that its locals and community are immensely proud of. If you haven’t been paying attention to the…

Are there any shipwrecks off the coast of Sunderland in the North Sea? It’s an interesting question to consider, and very plausible given that the area was a huge port…

Pennywell is a part of Sunderland famous for often the wrong reasons, or should we say “notorious”. We however contend it is not as bad as people think these days,…

In the newest installment of our “five things you never knew” series regarding Sunderland, we aren’t talking about a specific suburb this time but in fact the very thing all…

The River Wear is synonymous with Sunderland. Historically speaking, there is no city without the river, which watered a nurtured the economy of a town that grew up on shipbuilding…