How about Bristol Aero Engines, Sunderland Shipbuilders, and Pawsons? We have all of these and more in a look back at the Wearside places you may well have worked at in times gone by.
We have photos both from the Sunderland Echo archives and from Bill Hawkins of the Sunderland Antiquarian Society.
To find out more about the history of Sunderland, visit the society’s Facebook page or its website at http://www.sunderland-antiquarians.org
1. A familiar scene from 1976
Inside Sunderland Shipbuilders, Ltd, new £11 million undercover shipyard complex at Pallion. At work in the assembly shop are, left to right, welders Steve Eade and Thomas Harrison, and plater Bob Jobling. Photo: se
2. Pictured at Pawsons
Arthur Pawson and some of the workers at the Ford Industrial Estate factory in 1981. Photo: Sunderland Echo
3. Brilliant times at Brian Mills
Look at the bustling scene at Brian Mills in 1956. Photo: Sunderland Echo
4. Hard at work at CW Wilson
Grinding glass and silvering mirrors at C W Wilson and Sons, Glass Merchants of High Street, Sunderland in 1952. Photo: SE