Mackies corner area



Spike said:
No idea, before my time

I just heard when they announced they were renovating it that there was an old pub frontage under the cladding

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This is at the side of the same building in pann Lane. You seen that before?
Would be good if the front was similar and it could be fully restored but I'm guessing the front is in a poor state hence the cladding
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Noticed that loads as cut through on toute to match- be a great alley pub like in london
 
70YearsOfHurt said:
Me too. But there was no need to chuck it away. We could have built the foundations and then instead of building the revolting building that now lurks on its site we could have rebuilt that fabulous building.

Your informant is trotting out the pathetic excuses of the era
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Not my informant marra.
It was @ned_werby who mention his source of info.
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EDGE said:
When I go to the Empire I hear accents and see coaches from elsewhere so people from outside Sunderland have more faith than that lad at work.

No, land was sold to a hotel group but once the TH had been demolished they pulled out. I also heard it was actually too small to cope with all the council activities at that time, hence the Civic (monstrosity) was built to ensure all activities were carried out on the one site.
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Too small - I thought part of the Sunderland Art School was based there?
Spike said:
Not sure, you might be right
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No I think it is i.e. the East Side of the JJB building - Panns Lane? The building backs onto where the M&S lorries sometime park.
 
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Weremuthe said:
Too small - I thought part of the Sunderland Art School was based there?


No I think it is i.e. the East Side of the JJB building - Panns Lane? The building backs onto where the M&S lorries sometime park.
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Not sure. I guess the TH was big enough originally but I assume in later years it may have been deemed too small with the expansion of the public sector.

However I think the demolition wouldn't happen these days.
 

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