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The Museum contains a large collection of the locally made Sunderland Lustreware pottery. [7] Other highlights of the Museum are a stuffed Lion which was acquired in 1879, [ 8 ] the remains of a walrus brought back from Siberia in the 1880s and the first Nissan car to be made in Sunderland. [ 9 ]
1831 – (October); the first UK outbreak of cholera occurred in Sunderland – 200 people died. [4] 1832 – Sunderland became a parliamentary borough under the Reform Act, returning two members of Parliament. [1] 1835 – St Mary's Church, Sunderland completed. 1835/6 – Establishment of the modern Borough Council, with the first modern Mayor
North East Aircraft Museum; Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art; Penshaw Monument; Roker Park; Roker beach ; Ryhope Engines Museum; Seaburn beach ; Souter Lighthouse; Sunderland Empire Theatre; Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens; Stadium of Light; Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade Museum ; St. Peters Church (World heritage site applicant ...
The logo used when the museum was called the North East Aircraft Museum. In April 1984 the local government, Sunderland Council announced that the airport would be closed to make way for an automobile manufacturing plant. After protracted negotiations the museum was given a lease on a four-acre site just outside the airfield.
The River Wear Commission was formed in 1717 in response to the growing prosperity of Sunderland as a port. [30] Under the Board of Commissioners (a committee of local land owners, ship owners, colliery owners and merchants) a succession of civil engineers adapted the natural riverscape to meet the needs of maritime trade and shipbuilding.
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Sunderland station. The city centre’s main area, it extends south from the Wear to the A1231, including Sunderland's major shops. It contains the market square, Elephant Tea Rooms, Sunderland station, High Street West and The Bridges Shopping Centre. The former Sunderland Civic Centre site is being redeveloped.