How Elizabeth I and the Salt Industry Spurred the Rise of Sunderland in the 16th century
What we now know as Sunderland entered the Tudor era as an insignificant series of villages perched upon the River...
Month: January 2023
Memories of Sunderland: The Prospect Pub and Hotel
In the late 1930s some of Sunderland's first social housing states were under construction. While the very first was Ford...
What was the Last Ship ever built in Sunderland and where is it now?
The date was December 9th, 1988. It was a fateful day, as it ultimately marked the end of Sunderland's grand...
Sunderland Thugs Jailed for Brutal Durham Road Attack over Drugs Debt
Two Sunderland men have been jailed after brutally attacking a man on the Durham Road which left him with a...
Memories of Sunderland: The Rink, Food Giant and Kwik Save
On the site what is now Sunderland Colleague Skills Campus, directly opposite Park Lane, once stood a gigantic building. Once...
The Rise and Fall of Blandford Street, the road named after Churchillian Aristocrats
The Spencer-Churchill family is one of Britain's most famous aristocratic families. Seated at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, amongst those bearing...
