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A busy River Wear scene from 1958. #Sunderland

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@MichaelBoys4 Last train was 101 years ago. You’d have to be a canny age to have witnessed that!!

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Old shots of the train crossing at Lisburn Terrace, in Pallion. #Sunderland

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A busy River Wear scene from 1958. #Sunderland

[John Bull @larrymeath]

I can see my late father’s office. In Austin & Pickersgill’s.

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@lixmount @Brianro01 Yes - it says it’s being tested on the postcard. It did run for a little while but basically a white elephant. Line closed in 1921.

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All aboard the bus to Farra! #Sunderland

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Get your magnifying glasses out for this… a bird’s eye view of the Queen Alex bridge and Doxford’s shipyard. #History #Sunderland

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@JohnGelson Knew you’d know!!! Cheers John.

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All aboard the bus to Farra! #Sunderland

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The Wear Dredger at Hendon Docks in the 1920s... I think! #Sunderland #ship

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@LynnHartley7 1979 I believe - taken at Ivanhoe Crescent on Durham Road.

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@DurhamPolice Hi - what do you intend doing with the empty tiny police office in staindrop please?

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@SAFC_NYorkshire @DeanCruddace Wow!! Well done Sherlock SAFC!!

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@tonyveitchuk Wow! Love it!

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A floodlit photo of the tanker Borgsten - built by JL Thompson's and launched in 1963. #Sunderland #ship #shipbuilding

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@DeanCruddace Nailed it in one 👏

[JON SMITH @jonelless]

I remember my Dad working on that , and I was at the launching .