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.

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Sunderland Echo, Hartlepool Mail, Shields Gazette

Focus Areas

  • Nostalgia

1564 Articles
3 days ago
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Nine pictures showing life in Sunderland in 2004

It was a year of tense football, nights out and charity heroes

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3 days ago
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Going batty in Sunderland as we mark Bat Appreciation Day

Little creatures with a big past in our lives

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3 days ago
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The Sunderland church which moved eight inches all on its own

One was on the move - the other had inches of grime removed

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4 days ago
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11 fantastic shows which came to the Sunderland Empire

From Postman Pat to Mamma Mia - it’s all graced the Empire stage

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4 days ago
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Nine much-loved cooks who served up our school dinners in Sunderland over the years

Round of applause for the school cooks in Sunderland.

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5 days ago
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Soggy Sunderland - what life was like in the city in 1999, the year it seemed to rain non-stop

Houses were flooded and a river ran down High Street West

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Sunderland's scariest animal encounters, including coyotes, a cobra and lions

Chased out of a field by a Highland cow

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Sunderland legends are 'on their way' to Atletico Bilbao for charity

‘Our work is not just about football memorabilia’

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How Sunderland stepped up to support the Titanic victims' families

‘One of the most appalling the world has ever known’

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5 days ago
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Hillsborough disaster: Sunderland man's remembers 'worst experience in a lifetime' on 35th annive...

‘People say ‘how did you go down the pits. Anything could happen. This was worse’

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Hillsborough disaster: Sunderland man's remembers 'worst experience in a lifetime' on 35th annive...

‘People say ‘how did you go down the pits. Anything could happen. This was worse’

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6 days ago
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11 of the cute mock school weddings in Sunderland over the years

Memorable photos from Town End Farm, Pallion and Gillas Lane

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