10 factories you may have worked in back in the old days: How many do you recognise
Here are 10 North East factories you may remember from decades ago. Perhaps you or someone you know worked in one of them.
Our selection spans from South Shields to Sunderland, Peterlee to Pallion and Hartlepool to Hebburn.
So take a look and see if there’s a former workplace that you can recall.
1. The shipbuilding industry
Inside Sunderland Shipbuilders, Ltd, new £11 million undercover shipyard complex at Pallion in April 1976. Does this bring back memories? Photo: se
2. A scene in Jarrow
Pictured at the new extension at Cigarette Components Ltd., Jarrow, but can anyone guess which year this is? Photo: sg
3. On the production line in Peterlee
A production line at the Fisher Price factory in 1978. The factory eventually closed in May 1997 with the loss of 250 jobs. Photo: se
4. Cerebos in the picture
The Cerebos Factory was well known in Hartlepool but did you work there? Photo: Hartlepool Mail