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Sitting on the mouth of the River Wear up in the North East of England, Sunderland was once, along with its near neighbours Newcastle and Middlesbrough, a great shipbuilding centre. The rivers once teamed with vessels and the banks were crammed with shipyards. 25% of all ships built during the war were built in Sunderland.
Like Newcastle too, Sunderland was a centre of the coalmining industry, having collieries of it's own and also being the major seaport of County Durham, with all its collieries.
Both of these industries have all but vanished from the region, leaving a great void in Sunderland that has taken some time to fill. The jobs that have come, with the exception of the Nissan car plant, seem to be largely in the "call centre" type of role, with whole industrial parks being filled by a variety of call centres. While being important to the economy of the region, these jobs are far removed from the mighty industries of the past that are now gone, never to return.
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Marseden Rocks are a formation of rock stacks a few yards offshore from the cliffs. As well as their scenic beauty they... more travel advice
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Travelling North from Whitburn towards Marsden, you come to Souter Lighthouse. Now owned and maintained by the National... more travel advice
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More or less opposite the Souter Lighthouse is the remains of a group of lime kilns. Used to burn limestone to produce... more travel advice
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Very true Sandy! Looking at your list of places visited implies Sunderland is in Scotland! Maybe you would find their league easier!
Nice updates, Dave says this is more likely to get a top 5 ranking than S.F.C. :-SS
nice steve... nice... will be back again to see the finished page!!!!!
Thank you! Thank you! :) Wonderful tour through my home for a semester. :) I had forgotten how I miss it.
Oh look, a couple of nuts! I like the looks of that coastline, must visit someday.
Great page on Sunderland and I like the added 'touch' with the Nut :-)