But we want to know which of these factories you worked in back in the day.
Was it the shipyards of Bartrams or Thompsons, the Pyrex plant, Plesseys or Brian Mills. They’re all here in a selection of memories from the Sunderland Echo archives.
Maybe it was Perdio or British Ropes. Have a look at a selection of Sunderland workplaces we remember from the past.
5. Bartrams shipyard
A 1960s ship launch at the Bartrams yard for the Timaru Star. | se Photo: Sunderland Echo
6. Perdio Electronics
Television sets being built at the Sunderland factory of Perdio Electronics Ltd in 1963. | se Photo: se
7. British Ropes
British Ropes which later became Bridon Fibres. Here it is in a Sunderland Echo archive view from 1970. | se
8. On the shop floor
A Post Office telecommunications chief, K H Cadbury visited Plesseys in 1972 and was seen talking to Norma Douglas from Sunderland. | se