As a boy Clive Dunn was fascinated by the stories his grandfather told about what he did in World War 1. It was the start of a lifelong interest in the conflict and now Clive has included the family tales of Pte Stanley Douglas in...Sunderland in the Great War.

Chronicle Live Website

The book includes meticulously researched material, including a patriotic march by the town's Boy Scouts and recruitment campaigns at Roker Park.

Sunday Sun

'Sunderland in the Great War'...recalls life on the home front in the conflict as well as stories of soldiers from the town. The book includes meticulously-researched material including a patriotic march by the town's Boy Scouts and recruitment campaigns at Roker Park. The book also tells of a zeppelin raid on Sunderland, attacks on business premises owned by Germans and Austrians, the formation of Pals Battalions and the role played by members of the Vaux brewing family.

Newcastle Chronicle Live

This book is a mine of information, material derived from council reports and newspapers and liberally illustrated.

Northumberland & Durham Family History Society