A selection of 15 retro Sunderland factory photos - but were you pictured at work?

Sunderland’s rich history of industry gets our attention in these retro photos.

By Chris Cordner

Published 10th Feb 2020, 16:45 BST

Updated 10th Feb 2020, 19:44 BST

Here are 15 scenes of factory workers pictured at their workplace but how many do you recognise?

Is your former place of work pictured? What memories do these scenes bring back?

Our thanks go to Bill Hawkins of the Sunderland Antiquarian Society who has shared this great selection of images.

If these scenes have whet your appetite for more Wearside history, get along to the Antiquarian Society for more.

The Society’s base in Douro Terrace is open between 9.30am and noon on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

1. Pictured at the heart of the factory

A shift at David Browns Industries in 1963. Photo: Picasa

Does this view of Thorn AEI bring back happy memories? Photo: SE

Hard at work at JA Joblings in 1961. Did you work at the glassblowing plant? Photo: SE

Pictured in the sorting department at Brian Mills. Its a photo from 1956. Photo: SE