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Chris Cordner

Durham

Nostalgia Writer at Sunderland Echo

Nostalgia Writer at Hartlepool Mail

Nostalgia specialist for the Sunderland Echo, Shields Gazette and Hartlepool Mail. All views expressed are my own.

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  • 16 hours ago | sunderlandecho.com | Chris Cordner

    Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowWhich Sunderland store had electronic sun blinds, underfloor heating and ceiling speakers – back in the day when it was ground breaking technology? The answer is Kennedy’s and it was a store which stood out for the way it embraced the latest mod cons. The man to tell us more about it is Philip Curtis from the Sunderland Antiquarian Society.

  • 16 hours ago | shieldsgazette.com | Chris Cordner

    Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowNearly ten years have passed since these great aerial images were captured of South Tyneside. We can share them with you once more thanks to the wonderful Getty Images archives. Join us in 2016 as we look at Marsden Lime Kilns. The scene was captured by artist Dave MacLeod and comes to us via Historic England Archive/Heritage Images and Getty Images.

  • 23 hours ago | shieldsgazette.com | Chris Cordner

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  • 23 hours ago | sunderlandecho.com | Chris Cordner

    We have a whole gallery of them and they show students getting to grips with advice, equipment and more. This specialist schools careers day put the microscope on health and social care. The Shields Gazette was there to get lots of reminders of the past. See if you can spot someone you know. 1. A collage of memoriesSchool day reflections from a specialist session on careers in 2010. | nw2. Doing well in 2010Thumbs-up from Callum Gill during the careers session which happened 15 years ago. | nw3.

  • 1 day ago | bristolworld.com | Chris Cordner

    Have a look at scenes from The Glen, Vassalls Park, The Frome and Cleeve Weir. 1. Frenchay HospitalThis view of Frenchay Hospital was taken from Frenchay Common in the early 1900s. | Bristol Museums/Bristol Archives2. A bridge to the pastThe bridge at Frenchay in a photo which was taken around 125 years ago. | Bristol Museums/Bristol Archives3. Cleve Woods MansionCleve Woods Mansion in an atmospheric photo from the Bristol Museums/Bristol Archives Vaughan collection of images.

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Chris Cordner
Chris Cordner @c_cordner
9 Dec 24

Santa, reindeers, trees ...... it's a retro Christmas in Sunderland's garden centres https://t.co/fPop1dBw2o

Chris Cordner
Chris Cordner @c_cordner
7 Dec 24

Santa is a Mackem! https://t.co/uVXIEpnpri

Chris Cordner
Chris Cordner @c_cordner
5 Dec 24

How many of these 1960s Sunderland businesses do you recognise? https://t.co/CA3Iyp6kGi