Here we look back at the firm’s proud history and legacy as well as the ongoing debate over its largely empty city centre site.
5. Community spirit
But its community spirit stretched further than your local as thousands used to turn up to its family sports days at its former playing fields in Glenesk Road, Tunstall. Photo: Sunderland Echo
6. On the right line
The brewery also sponsored horse races, pigeon races and angling contests, as witnessed by this photo taken at Southwick in 1986. Photo: Sunderland Echo
7. Sunderland sponsor
Vaux also backed the city's football club for more than a decade during the 1980s and 1990s. Photo: Sunderland Echo
8. Sign of the times
Around 700 jobs were lost with Vaux signs disappearing from the site within a week. Photo: JPI Media