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Sunderland Echo
  • 16/07/2024
Re-live the scenes from Millfield in Sunderland in the 1960s and 1970s
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00:00Start the car, we're off on a journey to Millfield in the 1960s and 1970s.
00:07And what a journey it will be, thanks to all these photos from Bill Hawkins and Sunderland Antiquarian Society.
00:15Look at these views of Goldman's Pawnbrokers, the Crown & Scepter and Railway Tavern pubs.
00:23There's a selection of local churches too, including St Mary Magdalene, St Joseph's, Sawley Street and Franklin Street Pentecostal.
00:34Street scenes are part of our reflection and here are Alfred Street, Lisbon Terrace and Pickard Street.
00:42Thanks to Bill and Sunderland Antiquarian Society for a wonderful journey filled with memories.

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