Plessey workers arriving for a day's work at the South Tyneside factory in May 1967.placeholder image
Plessey workers arriving for a day's work at the South Tyneside factory in May 1967. | SG

Picture perfect memories from Plessey: The place where thousands of you worked

Thousands of you worked at Plesseys over the decades and here are some reminders.

Whether it was in Sunderland or South Shields, Plessey memories will hopefully come flooding back with this set of 15 memories from the Sunderland Echo and Shields Gazette archives.

You had a wonderful time at the sports days, on the shop floor and doing amazing things for charity.

Relive a whole bunch of scenes from 1967 to 1980.

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