How many of these did you enter for a tipple, before years later calling in for a manicure, newspaper, work-out, meal, prescription …?
9. Dray and Horses, Southwick
This Thompson Road establishment is no longer a pub, but the building remains, unlike Hahnemann Court which stood behind it. Today it’s The Mill and Italian restaurant. Photo: Sunderland Echo
10. The Grindon Mill
Social functions and Sunday lunches were provided at this Broadway pub until it closed in 2014. An earlier Grindon Mill stood here in the 19th century, with the current building opened in the early 1930s. Today it’s the Treadmill Gym. Photo: Sunderland Echo
11. Hycroft/Railway Inn, South Hylton
The Railway Inn, later renamed the Hycroft was open on Railwayy Terrace from 1856 to 2010. The building is now used for office space. Photo: Sunderland Echo
12. The Thorndale, Thorney Close
This typical estate pub, pictured left in 1967, still stands as Ryan’s pizza parlour and a convenience shop. Photo: Sunderland Echo