Watch: a tour of 12 former Sunderland nightclubs we've loved and lost
For a certain generation, it’s like a secret mackem language.
By Graham Murray
Published 17th Mar 2023, 12:51 BST- 1 min read
Annabels. Bentleys. Finos.
Names that conjure up an entire world that doesn’t exist anymore – or at least not in quite the same way.
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Hide AdTony Gillan takes us on a tour of dozen nightspots from back in the day.


Or rather, we suppose, the night.
He also recalls a rather cruel nickname given to one of the more popular ones.
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