Sunniside, Sunderland Sunniside is an area in Sunderland City Centre. Indeed, its boundaries are, Borough Road, Fawcett Street and the Sunderland Inner Ring road. Of course it is an old area and you will find many solicitors have their offices here. There are also many estate agents there too. Generally… Continue reading
Sunderland Empire Theatre The Sunderland Empire Theatre is on High Street West, Sunderland City Centre. All in all, it is one of the biggest venues in the North East of England with 1860 seats. However, when combined with standing room, its capacity can go over 2,250. In short, Brothers William… Continue reading
To begin with, around 11 miles south of Sunderland lies the town of Easington in County Durham. The town contains both the ancient village of Easington together with the Easington colliery, the ex-mining town. So, let us explore this small town which has a population of 7,193 (2011). Easington County… Continue reading
To begin with, William Henry Hills started the oldest established booksellers and stationers in Sunderland, Hills Bookshop. Indeed, this was on Christmas Eve, 1852. His very first shop was at 186, High Street on the corner with Nile Street. Of course, those days, this was the commercial centre in Sunderland… Continue reading
Roker Park, Sunderland However, Roker Park attracted very little attention until the late 19th Century. Indeed, the earliest development was the building of Roker Terrace along the sea front on the cliff tops. This was in the 1840’s and those buildings are still standing. Roker still did not have the… Continue reading
Here we have the story of Jack Crawford, the Hero of Camperdown. Jack Crawford, was a sailor who was born in Sunderland on 22nd March 1775. This was in a house on Thornhill Bank, (now Pottery Bank) in the East End. He was a keelman, at a very young age.… Continue reading
In the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–1826), Havelock served with distinction. Then he moved back to England where he would marry Hannah Shepherd Marshman. Hannah was the daughter of a Christian missionary, and over a short time, Henry became a Baptist. Later he would introduce some of his new family’s missionary… Continue reading
To begin with, this page is all about Sunderland characters from the olden days. However, if there are any modern-day famous characters you would like to highlight, let us know. Obviously, if you wish to add any other Sunderland characters to this page, you can do so. All you need… Continue reading
Famous Sunderland People 01 To begin with, are you aware that Kate Adie was brought up in Sunderland? Then again, did you know that the leading male actor in the film ‘Born Free’ was born here? Well read on because here we take a look at many other famous Sunderland… Continue reading
To begin with, we are placing this story in the crime section. However, the accused was innocent and the true criminals got away with it. So let’s take a short look into the story of the Washington Witch. In The Name Of Religion Witches and witch hunts are only for… Continue reading
