No idea what it's like now but in the late 50's it was a very good place for a middle-class youth from SE Essex to go to broaden his horizons. And generally speaking I found the locals friendly, but … (View Post)

When we were there (1959/60) the shipyards were still going strong, and at least one calming. The football team was in the top rank, too. (View Post)

178 if my memory's right. And I met my wife in Sunderland, where we were both students. (View Post)

Morning all. Late I know, but I've been trying to sort out posting on a new (to me) website which to me seems excessively complicated, although it might have been the chap who was trying to advise me… (View Post)

I lived there in the 1940’s. While obviously I was only a child I don’t recall any suggestions of disloyalty. What surprises me in retrospect is that the schools were full and there was no evacuation… (View Post)