Help us to shed more light on this mystery 1950s Sunderland photo

Here’s an intriguing photo from bygone Sunderland and we want your help with it.

The Echo archive image shows Madame Perine Cabioch from Brittany, France, in the Ford Estate area of town.

Stringing onions in Sunderland in 1951.placeholder image
Stringing onions in Sunderland in 1951. | se
A Sunderland warehouse scene from October 1951.placeholder image
A Sunderland warehouse scene from October 1951. | se

It was taken in 1951 and shows Madame Cabioch stringing onions in a Lambton Street warehouse.

Tell us if you remember onion sellers in the area at the time and what else you remember of the 1950s era.

If you can tell us more about the scene, email [email protected]

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