Faces from Philadelphia with nine pictures profiling a Wearside community over the years

Ladies club, cricket team, football and a beer festival

By Chris Cordner

Published 9th Feb 2024, 10:18 GMT

Join us as we head back in time for photos from Philadelphia.

We have nine of them spanning almost 50 years of its history, including the Philli Workshops football squad of 1977 and the 2014 cricket team.

Have a look at the Philadelphia Ladies Club celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2008.

There's plenty more besides. To view it all, browse through this gallery from the Echo archives.

9 photos from Philadelphia but we want to know how many faces you recognise.

1. A retro gallery

9 photos from Philadelphia but we want to know how many faces you recognise.

Stephen Atkinson had a memory to last a lifetime when he had his photo taken next to the Sir Nigel Gresley locomotive on the Philadelphia branch line in 1977.

2. A big day for Stephen

Stephen Atkinson had a memory to last a lifetime when he had his photo taken next to the Sir Nigel Gresley locomotive on the Philadelphia branch line in 1977.

Here's the Philli Workshops football team from 1977.

3. A team photo

Here's the Philli Workshops football team from 1977.

Reliant Robin driver Trevor Lewin, from Philadelphia, was one of a group driving their three-wheelers from Land's End to John O'Groats in 1998.
He was sent on his way by s is sent on his way by Newbottle sub postmistress Jean Metcalfe.

4. Retro in a Reliant

Reliant Robin driver Trevor Lewin, from Philadelphia, was one of a group driving their three-wheelers from Land's End to John O'Groats in 1998. He was sent on his way by s is sent on his way by Newbottle sub postmistress Jean Metcalfe.

Philadelphia Community Sunderland Nostalgia

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