<![CDATA[Sunderland Echo - Community]]> Feed http://www.sunderlandecho.com/community Copyright 2012, Johnston Press Plc http://www.sunderlandecho.com/community/npse_community_feed_1_981344 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:46:43 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 <![CDATA[Wearside Echoes: What’s this Hall about?]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/wearside_echoes_what_s_this_hall_about_1_4257660

A SUNDERLAND landmark is going back to the future.

]]> 1.4257660 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:46:42 +0000 <![CDATA[Wearside Echoes: World of pain turned man into human time bomb]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/wearside_echoes_world_of_pain_turned_man_into_human_time_bomb_1_4252210

A WORLD of pain was pitman Christopher Alderson’s lot in life – and it turned him into a human time bomb.

]]> 1.4252210 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:16:38 +0000 <![CDATA[Wearside Echoes: Old photo brings back happy memories]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/wearside_echoes_old_photo_brings_back_happy_memories_1_4252174

A GROUP of canteen ladies smile for the camera in this happy snap taken at Bristol Aero Engines in the 1950s.

]]> 1.4252174 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:10:52 +0000 <![CDATA[Wearside Echoes: Out All Out!]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/wearside_echoes_out_all_out_1_4244833

THE eviction of hundreds of Silksworth villagers has hit the headlines - 121 years after the striking miners lost their homes.

]]> 1.4244833 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:51:36 +0000 <![CDATA[Bring back Crowtree]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/bring_back_crowtree_1_4242088

THOUSANDS of people are throwing their weight behind a campaign to return Crowtree Leisure Centre to its glory days.

]]> 1.4242088 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:42:57 +0000 <![CDATA[Wearside Echoes: Rural life in heart of town]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/wearside_echoes_rural_life_in_heart_of_town_1_4241446

SHIPBUILDING was at its peak as Sunderland shrugged off the post-war gloom and embraced the 1920s.

]]> 1.4241446 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:48:20 +0000 <![CDATA[Wearside Echoes: Class Act]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/wearside_echoes_class_act_1_4241445

MEMORIES and memorabilia have flooded into Monkwearmouth School since an appeal for help from former pupils and staff was launched earlier this week.

]]> 1.4241445 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:40:16 +0000 <![CDATA[Wearside Echoes: Most killers are “ordinary folk”]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/wearside_echoes_most_killers_are_ordinary_folk_1_4241433

IT is a question which has long occupied the minds of criminologists – what turns someone into a murderer?

]]> 1.4241433 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:27:20 +0000 <![CDATA[Wearside Echoes: At home with the Little Sisters]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/wearside_echoes_at_home_with_the_little_sisters_1_4241426

THE decision to close Sunderland’s Little Sisters of the Poor home hit the headlines this week. Today we take a look at the history of an organisation which has helped generations of Wearsiders.

]]> 1.4241426 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:22:25 +0000 <![CDATA[Wearside Echoes: Crime Scene]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/wearside_echoes_crime_scene_1_4241409

TEMPERS flared as Wearside temperatures soared in the summer of 1878.

]]> 1.4241409 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:58:20 +0000 <![CDATA[WHO dunnit?]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/who_dunnit_1_4237261

WEARSIDE is preparing for an invasion of the Daleks.

]]> 1.4237261 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:02:25 +0000 <![CDATA[That’s the spirit]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/that_s_the_spirit_1_4226834

YOUNG footballers want their families and friends to turn ghost hunters to raise cash for new strips.

]]> 1.4226834 Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:07:23 +0000 <![CDATA[Wearside Echoes: Still top of the class]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/wearside_echoes_still_top_of_the_class_1_4220465

A SCHOOL which launched a new era of education on Wearside is celebrating a landmark date.

]]> 1.4220465 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 09:55:42 +0000 <![CDATA[Wearside Echoes: Art brings Sunderland history alive]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/wearside_echoes_art_brings_sunderland_history_alive_1_4216527

A NEW exhibition tracing the history of Sunderland Museum’s eclectic art collection has just opened. Today we take a look.

]]> 1.4216527 Sun, 5 Feb 2012 19:55:16 +0000 <![CDATA[Wearside Echoes: Tragic death of mother and baby]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/wearside_echoes_tragic_death_of_mother_and_baby_1_4216511

THE Christmas of 1888 should have been a joyous time for Mary Duff as she prepared for her daughter Catherine’s visit home to Middlesbrough.

]]> 1.4216511 Sun, 5 Feb 2012 19:44:16 +0000 <![CDATA[Wearside Echoes: Grisly tales of Victorian Sunderland]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/wearside_echoes_grisly_tales_of_victorian_sunderland_1_4216499

TODAY we continue our short crime series focusing on gruesome goings-on in 19th century Sunderland.

]]> 1.4216499 Sun, 5 Feb 2012 19:25:17 +0000 <![CDATA[Wearside Echoes: Rolling back the years]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/wearside_echoes_rolling_back_the_years_1_4216493

MEMBERS of Sunderland Antiquarian Society have spent months digitising dozens of pictures of Pallion-based Bristol Aero Engines – now known as Rolls-Royce.

]]> 1.4216493 Sun, 5 Feb 2012 19:21:19 +0000 <![CDATA[Wearside Echoes: It’s show time!]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/wearside_echoes_it_s_show_time_1_4193044

WEARSIDERS with memories of teen life in the 1950s have taken centre stage in helping to create a new play.

]]> 1.4193044 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:24:30 +0000 <![CDATA[Wearside Echoes: Stepping back in history]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/wearside_echoes_stepping_back_in_history_1_4193042

THE pupils of Richard Avenue Primary School have a new class favourite – The Children’s History of Sunderland.

]]> 1.4193042 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:19:34 +0000 <![CDATA[Wearside Echoes: A Viking in the family]]> http://www.sunderlandecho.com/wearside_echoes_a_viking_in_the_family_1_4193040

AUTHOR, historian, poet, musician and teacher – Keith Gregson is a man with many strings to his bow.

]]> 1.4193040 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:16:24 +0000