The Town Hall was pulled down in early 1971 and the Sunderland Echo got all of these archive views of the work.
They show the bulldozers, scaffolding, teams and the overall site as workers got on with the job in hand.
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5. Demolition scene
Remnants of the iconic building still remained when this Echo photo was taken. | se
6. A photo record of the reading rooms
The Town Hall reading rooms were in the process of being demolished in this 1971 view. | se
7. Bulldozer and Binns
A bulldozers gets on with the task of reducing the building to rubble, with Binns in the background. | se
8. Looking down on 1971
This view of the scene showed the progress which had been made by March 1971. | se
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