What’s your game? When Phil Mitchell turned up in Southwick on two occasions.
Phil Mitchell is one of the best known television and soap opera hard man in Britain. The no-nonsense cockney, played...
History
Tudor Crisps: The Sunderland born brand which somehow ended up with a Newcastle identity
Tudor Crisps were a brand of crisps strongly associated with North East England and were very popular for their strong...
Memories of Sunderland: The Battle of Bunnyhill, what do you remember about it?
The Battle of Bunnyhill, was according to local legends, the most significant battle ever fought within the territory of Sunderland...
The Farras vs. The Thorneys, the youth “gangs” of Sunderland Estates, but did they really exist?
Growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, in popular imagination, every single Sunderland council estate seemingly had their own "gangs",...
The story of the Seaburn Casuals, one of the most notorious football firms in Britain
The 1980s was the heyday of British football hooliganism. This is because it was era of turmoil, unrest and social...
The fairytale castle sitting in the Middle of Gateshead, the extraordinary history of Saltwell Park and towers
William Wailes (1808–1881) was a Newcastle based glass designer who made his fortune out of designing elaborate stained glass windows...
