Sunderland Echo - Nostalgia Feed

Hitler’s last deadly swipe at Sunderland

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:22:06 GMT

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the last – and deadliest – air raid to devastate Sunderland during the Second World War. Nostalgia writer Sarah Stoner takes a look.

A Sunderland name you could bank on – the history of a historic Wearside firm swallowed up by Barclays

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:50:02 GMT

WEARSIDERS can bank on finding something of interest on a website dedicated to an institution serving generations of townsfolk.

Grisly murder scene in Sunderland tenement

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:38:10 GMT

Today we take a trip to the mean streets of Victorian Sunderland for the tale of a man who had two murderous meetings with the Grim Reaper

A young life cut short

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:52:44 GMT

A VISIT to a memorial for missing soldiers has prompted a tribute to a Wearside war hero.

Old Sunderland school pictures

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:43:27 GMT

IT’S back to the blackboard thanks to Wearside Echoes readers – who have provided another bumper bundle of class photos.

Sunderland’s wartime hero of the air

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:29:41 GMT

Nostalgia writer Sarah Stoner today pays tribute to a fearless Wearside war hero

Great buildings of Sunderland’s past

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:53:25 GMT

SUNDERLAND’S greatest architectural successes of the Edwardian Renaissance – from libraries to theatres and fire stations – are to be spotlighted in a special talk.

Sticky end for Sunderland toffee seller

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:53:43 GMT

TODAY we take a trip back in time to Victorian Sunderland to look at how a toffee seller came to a sticky end.

Remembering Sunderland’s Lumber Jills

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:35:53 GMT

VOLUNTEERS are being sought to go back to nature.

Band hall moved brick-by-brick to Beamish

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:57:25 GMT

A building of note will open this week – for the second time in a century. Nostalgia writer Sarah Stoner takes a look.

SLIDESHOW: Sunderland memories immortalised in glass

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:31:35 GMT

Today nostalgia writer Sarah Stoner raises a glass to a new history project.