Bodlewell Lane is one of the city’s most intriguing thoroughfares with an interesting past which stretches back hundreds of years.
It once had a police station, a well which served the people of Sunderland and close links to the ferry.
But there’s one tale which really got my attention and it’s the story of the business boss who was forced out of his shop - by tobacco chewing youngsters.
Have a closer look.
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5. A feature of the past
The street can still be found by the riverside in Sunderland and Tommy's shop was once a real feature of the neighbourhood. | Google Maps
6. A real Sunderland landmark
It had a huge clock on the top which people relied on to time the ferries. | se
7. Forced out of business
Local delinquents thought it was great fun to chew tobacco and spit great dollops of black goo at the shop. It eventually cost him his business. | se
8. Famous residents
The street had an illustrious past and one of its former residents was James Field Stanfield who campaigned for the abolition of the slave trade. | se