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unusual facts about City of Sunderland


Chestnut Lodge, Widnes

Widnes is a busier station with express trains operated by East Midlands Trains also stopping with services to Nottingham, and services operated by First TransPennine Express to Newcastle-upon-Tyne via Manchester, Leeds, York, Teesside, and Sunderland.


DW Sports Fitness

Since the 2009 acquisition and the renaming of JJB Fitness Clubs as DW Fitness Clubs several new gymnasium and leisure facilities have been opened in locations such as; Poole, Liverpool Hunts Cross, Sunderland, Ipswich, Blackpool, Aylesbury and Lincoln.

Peugeot E7

It is licensed to operate in 93% of all local authority areas across the UK, including cities such as Birmingham, Leeds, Leicester, Sheffield, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, Southampton, Stafford, Bristol, Cardiff, Belfast, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Short Brothers of Sunderland

Short Brothers Limited was a British shipbuilding company formed in 1850 and based at Pallion, Sunderland since 1869.

Southwick, Sunderland

Southwick is a former village and now a suburb on the north banks of the River Wear in the city of Sunderland in the county of Tyne and Wear.

Wearside Jack

Postmarked from Sunderland, two were addressed to George Oldfield, the Assistant Chief Constable of the West Yorkshire Police who was heading the Ripper inquiry, and one to the Daily Mirror.


see also

4th Regiment Royal Artillery

The Regiment's main recruiting area is in the North East of England, and so significant effort has been put into re-establishing links, especially to the city of Sunderland where the Regiment holds the Freedom of the City.