Female welders, Sunderland shipyards, 1943.

A replica of a Greek temple stands proudly on the top of a grassy mound

On this day in 1844 the foundation stone was laid for Penshaw Monument in Tyne and Wear.

Officially, it is called the Earl of Durham's Monument and is a replica of the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens. It's such a beloved landmark that appears on the badge of Sunderland Football Club.

Welders, Sunderland shipyards, 1943.

200 years ago today 3 sailors and 4 onlookers were shot dead by troops in Sunderland. I've been working with local historians and David Gordon Scott (OU) to raise awareness of this little-known massacre. Today we gathered to mark the bicentenary with speeches and the naming of the dead. (1/2)

Group of people standing outdoors holding a colourful banner for the North East Offshore Shipping Branch of the National Union of Rail Maritime and Transport Workers.

Two men in formal attire standing by a waterfront with a large blue ship and industrial cranes in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

Person in a grey suit holding a wooden pole with a colourful flag during an outdoor event on a sunny day.

Musician playing acoustic guitar and singing outdoors by a river, with a colourful union banner behind him supporting maritime workers.

RMT at the North Sands Massacre 200th commemoration held in Sunderland yesterday.
The event marked the 200th anniversary of the day five striking seafarers were shot dead by soldiers during an industrial dispute in Sunderland.
You can read more here:
rmtunion.org/41ojeVq

56. Toy Dolls - Nellie The Elephant (Volume) All the singles to top the NME Indie Charts since its launch in 1981, complete with an overview of the other music in the charts each week.

Blog update: The Toy Dolls "Nellie The Elephant" was the NME Indie Chart's 1984 Christmas number one, and sat just behind Band Aid, Wham! and Paul McCartney in the national charts. How did a punk band from Sunderland achieve this, and was this the last ever first/second wave punk hit?

From 1913, a curator at Sunderland Museum organised handling sessions for the blind, first offering an invitation to the children from the Sunderland Council Blind School then extending the invitations to adults: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/sessions-for-the-blind-at-sunderland-museum

Happy 1st Birthday to Sunderland Music City musiccity.uk

What a year it has been - and we are only just starting.

Happy 90th Birthday to 🇬🇧British stage, radio, film and television actor and narrator #JamesBolam MBE, born #OnThisDay in Sunderland, England

#filmsky #tvsky #moviesky

Tudor Crisps Tudor Crisps was founded in Sunderland in 1947. They moved to Newcastle in 1961 when the brand was acquired by Smiths Crisps. Tudor became known for its unusual (at the time) choice of flavours inc…

They were great. Some super flavours!

Gone, but not forgotten!

museumofcrisps.com/2020/08/04/t...

Ha’way The Lads !!!
#SAFC
#TilTheEnd

YouTube video by tommorowhill Meanwhile back in Sunderland

I’m having my regular rewatch of Meanwhile Back In Sunderland. A sacred document if you’re a Sunderland fan. A remarkable document of the time even if you’re not #SAFC

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Presented by Tate Gallery Publications 1979

William Daniell, Sunderland Pier, Durham, 1822
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1125256

After Newcastle end their 70-year wait for a domestic trophy, you have to say that football (authorities allowing authoritarian regimes with appalling human rights records to own top-flight clubs) is the winner.

Edward Gregson is an English composer of instrumental and choral music, particularly for brass and wind bands and ensembles, as well as music for the theatre, film, and television. He was also principal of the Royal Northern College of Music.

He was born in Sunderland in 1945.

edwardgregson.com

Delighted to welcome the Lord-Lieutenant of Tyne & Wear and Mayor of Sunderland to The Fire Station to unveil a new plaque commemorating the beginning of the world scouting movement on 22nd Feb 1908 when Baden-Powell inspected the first scout parade on Garrison Field at the rear of the Fire Station

Revisit Museum Vaults, Sunderland. A low key classic that deserves more love. Tempted to stay n watch game on 80's Bush TV. Beer like gin n tonic. Top crisp round from Daddy B.

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Industrial Scene (South Hetton Colliery, near Sunderland), by John Wilson Carmichael, 1799-1868 (Nottingham City Museums & Galleries). #NorthernArt

A young #Sunderland fan expresses his jubilation after buying his tickets for The Rokerites' 1973 #FACup, 5th Rnd replay versus #ManchesterCity at the old Roker Park. And things would soon get better for the Wearsiders. #Wembley awaited ...

"The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights."
— Timothy Snyder

YouTube video by Sunderland Music City Welcome To Sunderland Music City

Let’s start the New Year as we mean to go - with music everywhere in the City.

2025 is going to be an amazing year for music in Sunderland.

#SunderlandMusicCity

youtu.be/fHkQHehwjuU?...

New Year's Day means only one thing... ❤️

🎙️ 'He's round the goalkeeper, he's done it!'

RIP President Jimmy Carter aged 100

Here he is in 1977 on his famous visit to the North East with PM Jim Callaghan

There were crowds of 20,000 and Carter visited the Corning glassworks in Sunderland where he was given a special gift…

Refreshments at Rotherhithe (Riverside Balcony of The Mayflower) - before the March to Millwall…

I remember just feeling a sense of despair, listening to him on Newsnight in the early days of Trumps first term… Lord Help Us All! 😔

London Backwater near St Pancras by James Finlay Watson (1898-1981)
Oil on Hardboard
(Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens)

Paintings of Sunderland by my uncle, Ernest Newton (1924-1988).

Day five of following all Sunderland fans back on Bluesky.

Drop this post a share so fellow supporters can find you.

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