Chris Cordner Journalist
  • Bowburn
  • National World

40 years of service with the Sunderland Echo, Hartlepool Mail and Shields Gazette and passionate about sharing memories of the past across our proud communities.

Published In

Sunderland Echo, Hartlepool Mail, Shields Gazette

Focus Areas

  • Nostalgia

2075 Articles
almost 2 years
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Nine pictures of Sunderland's Boxing Day Dip in previous years as it prepares to return for 2022

Who’s up for a splashingly great dip into the past? After all, we’re celebrating the return of the Sunderland Boxing ...

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almost 2 years
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Touching tribute to John Hays as Sunderland Echo Business Excellence Awards winners revealed on e...

An emotional tribute was paid to the ‘irreplaceable’ John Hays after the company he founded was declared Sunderland’s...

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almost 2 years
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Nine Sunderland Christmas lights switch-on events from years past as we prepare for 2022's festiv...

A super night with Super Kev. That’s what is on the way when Sunderland’s Christmas lights are switched on.

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almost 2 years
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Sunderland Echo Business Excellence Awards 2022: The wait is almost over to discover the winners

The wait is almost over. Sunderland and County Durham’s best businesses will soon find out if they are award winners.

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almost 2 years
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9 Christmas toys of the past that you loved the most in Sunderland and County Durham - from Telet...

We are stocking up on festive photos and asking ‘which toy was the must-have Christmas gift when you were little?’

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Nine retro photos from Sunderland's Plains Farm area - we've got drums, masks and pizza making

We’re going back down the streets of Sunderland for a retro spotlight on another neighbourhood.

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almost 2 years
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The Sunderland fair where you can buy rare Christmas gifts this Saturday - and all with a link to...

Rare Christmas gifts with a historic link will be on sale at a fair on Wearside this weekend.

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almost 2 years
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Sunderland's role in new spy thriller set during Second World War

A new thriller – with Sunderland and the North East at its core – is about to reach the bookshelves.

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almost 2 years
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Nine Sunderland pubs as they looked in 1964

We’ve got pubs and cars from the past in this look back to Wearside life in the 1960s.

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almost 2 years
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Sunderland man who fought with the Italian resistance publishes amazing life story in time for 10...

A Sunderland-born man who fought Fascism during WWII has written the story of his remarkable life – just in time for ...

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almost 2 years
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How Sunderland prepared for war in 1939 - a story of gas masks, shelters and evacuation

Some of the darkest times in Wearside’s history happened from 1939 onwards.

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almost 2 years
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The Houghton teenager whose heart is slowly being crushed - but a £10,000 operation could change ...

A Houghton teenager needs life-changing surgery to stop his heart and lungs being crushed.

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