Book published by Sunderland and Hartlepool Publishing in 1990, 94 pages. Large Rectangular Paperback - c.21cm by 29cm (S6961).
- The Wear at War
- Post War Changes
- The Sound of Success
- Nationalisation
- Crisis of 1986
- Fight for Survival
- NESL and Closure
- The Last Launch
- Ferries
- Built with pride
- Loss of a driving force
- End of another era
- last of the Dredging fleet
- the cost of shipbuilding
From the introduction: The Wear gave birth to Sunderland. Along its banks the first dwellings were built and communities became established... and ships and shipbuilding became the dominant industry of the Wear for over 650 years. At the turn of the 20th century shipbuilding and related industries employed more than 20,000 people and around two fifths of Sunderland's entire male labour force. But in December 1988, when the workforce had been reduced over many years to less than 2,000 the shipyards finally closed.... the luftwaffe bombs did not destroy the industry on the Wear. It fell victim to a government's view of economics.
This book aims to capture in words and pictures the spirit of the shipyards and the people who worked in them...
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