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

1650 Articles
over 1 year ago
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Eight headline-making Sunderland stories from 1980, including the closure of Bridon Fibres and La...

The dawn of a new decade brought the closures of three famous landmarks in 1980.

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over 1 year ago
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Come and learn the history of this Sunderland landmark, which dates back to 1739

A tribute to a heroic prisoner of war will be a part of a church’s anniversary celebrations in Sunderland.

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over 1 year ago
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108 entries for the Sunderland Echo Business Awards - and here's the judges deciding which firms ...

Wearside’s business elite is a step closer to becoming award winners.

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over 1 year ago
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Boldon cinema celebrates 25th anniversary with flashback to 1997: Men in Black, Air Force One an...

Twenty five years and counting. That’s a much-loved cinema in Boldon which is celebrating its birthday in style.

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over 1 year ago
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9 reminders of life in Sunderland and East Durham in 1953 as we get ready to crown King Charles lll

They were the days of ink wells in your school desk and Trevor Ford playing up front for Sunderland.

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over 1 year ago
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Nine Emmerdale actors we have seen in and around Sunderland, as the soap celebrates 50 years

Where has the time gone? It is 50 years since Emmerdale was first on our TV screens.

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over 1 year ago
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9 Sunderland and East Durham photos from 1994: The year we first played the National Lottery

What do the National Lottery, an avid Andy Capp fan and Nissan have in common?

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over 1 year ago
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Free business scheme gives 400 North East people vital training, and there's more to come

Four hundred and counting. That’s how many people have already been helped by a North East training scheme.

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over 1 year ago
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'Sunderland is undergoing an exciting transformation with a rapidly growing economy and investments'

An exciting energy is building in Wearside’s business world and college chiefs are proud to be a big part of it.

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over 1 year ago
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Fundraising event to celebrate Geoff Docherty - the man who brought Bowie, The Who and T.Rex to S...

A chance to catch up on the North East’s retro music scene is on the way – in the company of the man who helped it so...

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over 1 year ago
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Eight pictures from Careers Day scenes in Sunderland - the day you had a go at midwifery, car mec...

It was the day you stepped on that first rung of the career ladder – while you were still at school in Sunderland.

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over 1 year ago
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Halloween 2022: Seven North East pubs which are said to have ghosts

Heard the one about the ghost who liked to knock on toilet doors?

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