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| − | '''Sunderland''' is a port city on the north-east coast of [[England]], formerly famous as a [[shipbuilding]] and [[coal]] exporting centre, and now for the manufacture of motor vehicles for Nissan. The people of Sunderland are known as Mackems. Until recently, Sunderland was the largest urban centre in the UK without a cinema. St Bede was born at Monkton near Sunderland. [[Lewis Carroll]] wrote '[[Alice in Wonderland]]' after having a drug-induced experience in Sunderland, a city he visited frequently because of family connections in the area. Much of the work - and of '[[Alice Through the Looking Glass]]' - contains images and symbols from Sunderland and adjacent areas of [[County Durham]] (eg the phrase 'my beamish boy' relates to the village of Beamish in NW Durham). In recognition of this, Sunderland City Council have placed a large statue of a [[walrus]] next to the lake in the city centre Mowbray Park. | + | '''Sunderland''' is a port city on the north-east coast of [[England]], formerly famous as a [[shipbuilding]] and [[coal]] exporting centre, and now for the manufacture of motor vehicles for Nissan. It was formerly two towns on either bank of the Wear - one known as Bishopwearmouth the other Monkwearmouth. The people of Sunderland are known as Mackems. Until recently, Sunderland was the largest urban centre in the UK without a cinema. St Bede was born at Monkton near Sunderland. [[Lewis Carroll]] wrote '[[Alice in Wonderland]]' after having a drug-induced experience in Sunderland, a city he visited frequently because of family connections in the area. Much of the work - and of '[[Alice Through the Looking Glass]]' - contains images and symbols from Sunderland and adjacent areas of [[County Durham]] (eg the phrase 'my beamish boy' relates to the village of Beamish in NW Durham). In recognition of this, Sunderland City Council have placed a large statue of a [[walrus]] next to the lake in the city centre Mowbray Park. |
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Revision as of 10:25, May 9, 2007
Sunderland is a port city on the north-east coast of England, formerly famous as a shipbuilding and coal exporting centre, and now for the manufacture of motor vehicles for Nissan. It was formerly two towns on either bank of the Wear - one known as Bishopwearmouth the other Monkwearmouth. The people of Sunderland are known as Mackems. Until recently, Sunderland was the largest urban centre in the UK without a cinema. St Bede was born at Monkton near Sunderland. Lewis Carroll wrote 'Alice in Wonderland' after having a drug-induced experience in Sunderland, a city he visited frequently because of family connections in the area. Much of the work - and of 'Alice Through the Looking Glass' - contains images and symbols from Sunderland and adjacent areas of County Durham (eg the phrase 'my beamish boy' relates to the village of Beamish in NW Durham). In recognition of this, Sunderland City Council have placed a large statue of a walrus next to the lake in the city centre Mowbray Park.