Local man Terry Docherty planned to spend 3 days walking to York to raise money for the Tyneside Society for Austistic Children in 1975. Here he is pictured with some of the Sunderland AFC squad who were sponsoring him. Local man Terry Docherty planned to spend 3 days walking to York to raise money for the Tyneside Society for Austistic Children in 1975. Here he is pictured with some of the Sunderland AFC squad who were sponsoring him.
Local man Terry Docherty planned to spend 3 days walking to York to raise money for the Tyneside Society for Austistic Children in 1975. Here he is pictured with some of the Sunderland AFC squad who were sponsoring him. | se

I found these magnificent memories from Marley Pots: Join me on a nostalgic journey

By Chris Cordner

Digital specialist in nostalgia

Published 4th Feb 2025, 17:14 GMT
Updated 5th Feb 2025, 08:35 GMT

Fifty years of memories from one Sunderland neighbourhood can’t be bad and that’s what we have got from Marley Pots.

I scoured the Sunderland Echo archives for a gallery of great images from yesteryear and found all these reminders from 1975 to 2021.

So if you like retro pubs, clubs, schools and allotment scenes, this is the place for you. Enjoy!

The official opening of the Groundwork North East Community Allotment Project at Summerball Allotments, Marley Pots 10 years ago.

5. Marley Pots in 2012

The official opening of the Groundwork North East Community Allotment Project at Summerball Allotments, Marley Pots 10 years ago. | se Photo: Pictre by Peter Berry

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The official 2012 opening of the Groundwork North East Community Allotment Project at Summerbell allotments, in Marley Pots. Pictured were Claire Hutchinson, Senior Project Officer, with eight year old Southwick Primary School pupils Jackson Brett and Brogan Gibson.

6. Down on the allotment

The official 2012 opening of the Groundwork North East Community Allotment Project at Summerbell allotments, in Marley Pots. Pictured were Claire Hutchinson, Senior Project Officer, with eight year old Southwick Primary School pupils Jackson Brett and Brogan Gibson. | se Photo: Pictre by Peter Berry

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Pupils got involved in helping replant the community orchard. Pupils from Southwick Primary School and firefighters from Marley Pots helped to replant the SARA community orchard at Cato Street, Southwick, in 2012.

7. Planting a 2021 memory

Pupils got involved in helping replant the community orchard. Pupils from Southwick Primary School and firefighters from Marley Pots helped to replant the SARA community orchard at Cato Street, Southwick, in 2012. | se Photo: Tim Richardson

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The Buffs in Old Mill Road was pictured during the festive season in 2013.

8. Christmas at The Buffs

The Buffs in Old Mill Road was pictured during the festive season in 2013. | se

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