10 factories you may have worked in back in the old days: How many do you recognise

People often travel far and wide for their jobs but did you do it in times gone by?

By Chris Cordner

Published 2nd Jan 2021, 12:10 BST

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.

5. Pictured at Pyrex

The Pyrex glass works in Pallion. Remember it? Photo: Sunderland Echo

Overseas trade press editors on a visit to the Jarrow factory of Allen Bradley Electronics in 1977. Photo: sg

Ledger clerks speed the mail order business of Brian Mills. Remember it? Photo: se

Workers at the South Shields Plessey Group factory making part of the switching mechanism used in telephone exchange racks. Photo: sg