Nine top choices for a night out in Sunderland in 2009, including Liquid, Blu Bambu and The Glass Spider

Life in the city centre 15 years ago

By Chris Cordner

Published 19th Jan 2024, 10:09 GMT

Choices galore. That's what you had if you had a night out in Sunderland in 2009.

Tell us which of these venues was first on your list for a drink with pals back in the day.

Was it Passion, Liquid, Varsity or maybe the Lambton Worm. These and more are included in our flashback photo line-up from the Sunderland Echo archives.

Tell us which of these venues was on your schedule for a Sunderland night out.

1. Night out memories

Tell us which of these venues was on your schedule for a Sunderland night out.

Plenty on offer at Blu Bambu which was pictured in March 2009.

2. An Albion Place view

Plenty on offer at Blu Bambu which was pictured in March 2009.

Taking you back to Fitzgerald's as it looked 15 years ago.

3. A focus on Fitzgerald's

Taking you back to Fitzgerald's as it looked 15 years ago.

A bar, bistro and cafe with great choices from breakfast and onwards.
It's Fifty 5s in John Street.

4. So many choices

A bar, bistro and cafe with great choices from breakfast and onwards. It's Fifty 5s in John Street.

Sunderland Nightclubs Pubs Nostalgia

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