Lost Shops of Sunderland's old town centre

[@Jacqueline-ts1wd]

I worked at Binns strait from leaving school 1971 loved it there.

[@king77703]

Binns was Brill 👍

[@georgejenner9903]

What a lovely gentle informative video. Thank you for posting it.

[@davec1704]

Great tour and fond memories,remember woolies pick and mix,me a my mates would cut through and ahandfulls of sweets would fall into or pockets😊

[@flo6624]

Yes , me too 😅

[@mackemftm74]

Me ma used to work at Binns in the 1960’ before she got married also I can remember going through the tunnel between the two stores in the late 70’s early 80’s before it was closed off when she would bring me into the town for things like Christmas presents 🥲 happy days

[@derekdyer5682]

Thanks for the tour of the old shops. I remember the tubes in the shop, and the toy store well.

[@kevingreen6924]

Thank you. I really enjoyed that. My favourite place in Binns was one of the restaurants. Waitress service, I've forgotten it's name. Any idea. And the record dept. And, men's clothes downstairs in the mid 60's. It's ok, got it, it was called the bear pit. me and my friend Ian used to go there, after the rink on saturday afternoon, in our made to measure suits for dinner. the waitresses spoilt us. We were small kids.

[@flo6624]

Oh , the rink Saturday afternoon , park lane , great memories , the biz bar also

[@alaricamorganthe4912]

The Bear Pit my partner worked there and the head chef used to send him round to Joplings to find out what the prices were of the meals lol.

[@mariadacre9647]

Thanks so much for this.

[@AnthonyGumo-z2b]

Great stories, keep it up

[@bernadettemurray8260]

Fantastic account

[@MICKGWEST]

I REMEMBER IT ALL WELL BUT WITH DIFFERANT STORIES. I REMEMBER FRO EARLY 40s TO DATE. WHO THE HELL ARE THIS MACKEMS ? MY MATE AND I HAD NEVER EVER HEARD OF THE NAME UNTIL I CAME DOWN TO THE NANCHESTER REGION, I WILL NEVER CALL MY PEOPLE MAXKEMS. WE ARE WEARSIDERS. I STARTED IN THE SHIPYARDS THAT BRINGS MEMORIORS OF THE EFIL THATCHER YEARS. I REMEMBER THAT EVER YEAR THERE WASA RACE ALONG FAWCETTE STREET TO BEAT THE CLOCK CIMING. THE FIRST ALIMINUIUM BRIDGE IN THE WPRLD WAS BUILT IN THE DOCK. I SWAM IN THE SEA 6 DAYS A WEEK. THE GREAT SIR JOESPH SWANN THE INVENTER OF THE LIGHT BULB WAS BORN HERE AND THE AMERICAN EDISON OBTEND THE USE OF OF IT FOR JUST NORTH AMERICA.

[@alaricamorganthe4912]

Sunderland ship yard used to make the ships Makems) and the Newcastle ship yard used to take them to fit them out and they were called Takems ) so that's where the name comes from Makems.

[@rhys180606]

Hold on. Telephone exchange then the arcade. And then a woman story What happened to them???

[@kissfan6321]

We have nothing in this town now. No Binns, Joplings, Woolies, WH Smith. Fawcett St and John St are shadows of themselves. The Bridges is okay but that is ALL we have.