The fire at Shares in November 1969.The fire at Shares in November 1969.
The fire at Shares in November 1969.

The fire which ripped through a well-known Sunderland store 50 years ago

Fifty years have passed since a fire devastated a famous Sunderland store.

In November 1969, fire struck the business of Shares and the Bridge Street premises were very badly damaged.

Shares was not the only store to be hit by a major fire.

As Christmas approached in 1954, a fire began in the basement of Joplings and spread rapidly. The glow could be seen from almost twenty miles away.

And in 1956, a blaze destroyed half of the Castletown branch of Ryhope and and Silksworth Co-operative Society.

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