High Street West, Sunderland

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a black and white photo of a building being built with scaffolding on the side
The ornate facade of the old High Street Swimming Baths
Dwarfed by the steel framework of the new Inland Revenue Office, 1991. Sunderland Echo.
an old black and white photo of a building
an old black and white photo of some buildings
1851, along from where the Public/High Street Baths were built.
an old black and white photo of a city street with buildings on both sides in the distance
c.1860s, looking east along High Street West, roughly from The Londonderry. The Church spire is St. Peter's Church, Bishopwearmouth. Courtesy of Sunderland Antiquarian Society.
an old poster with some type of writing on it's back side and the words,
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an old black and white photo of a building with people on the street in front
Mackie's Shop in Hutchinson's Buildings, c. late 1860s/early 1870s
an old photo of people walking on the sidewalk in front of a building with a domed top
Drury & Son, Mackie's Corner, 19th century.
They attempted and failed to change the name to Drury's Corner. Showing the original Hutchinson Buildings before Havelock House fire in 1898, which destroyed many surrounding premises. Courtesy of Wearside Echoes.
an old black and white drawing of a horse drawn carriage in the middle of a city
19th Century High Street West near the junction with Fawcett Street
an old photo of people walking down the street in front of buildings and horses pulling carts
Mackie's Corner and the original four storey Havelock House before the devastating fire in 1898. Also the original Hutchinson Buildings, some of which were destroyed by the fire, and Grimshaw's Elephant Tearooms with the ground floor still intact.
an old black and white photo of people in front of a building
National Provincial Bank of England, Sunderland
1886, National Provincial Bank, High Street West/Bedford Street.
an old photo of a large room with desks and televisions on the wall
National Provincial Bank, 1946
an old black and white photo of people walking down the street
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an old black and white photo of men walking down the street
1896, on the right, the original four storey Havelock House
Wearside Echoes
an old black and white photo of people walking down the street
Mackie's Corner, before Havelock House fire on the 18th July 1898.
With the original 4 storey Havelock House and the original Hutchinson's Buildings opposite. Sunderland Echo.