Tag: Sunderland
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Disney Themed Sunderland Illuminations 2017
As a young Little Alan, I recall visiting Sunderland Illuminations on the way home from visiting my Auntie in Seaham. My dad would drive along the sea front and we’d gaze out at the strings of bulbs hanging across the roads. Something similar to Blackpool’s Illuminations but in a smaller scale. Turns out that Sunderland…
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The Funky Indian, Sunderland
The Funky Indian, is based next to the Winter Gardens in Sunderland town centre. We passed it on our Snowdog Trail in 2016. But Every time we walked passed the windows and peered in it looked empty. We’d heard good things about the place, but from the outside it looked like no one was home!…
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Katie’s Garden – Sunderland
On the eve of Imogen 9th birthday we took a trip down to Katie’s Garden in Sunderland with my friend (and fellow Brownie owl) Victoria and her daughter Elizabeth (7). It had been quite a crafty weekend as Imogen had celebrated with a little party with her classmates on Friday evening decorating mugs, canvas bags…
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Sunderland Winter Gardens and Museum – Snakes Alive
Last weekend on the Snowdog hunt we found ourselves on the last lap of the trail in Sunderland city centre. Sunderland evokes a lot of childhood memories for me as my Nana Betty and my Great Nana Kitty always took me and my brother in the school holidays for a day trips out from Jarrow on the…