Hi Marie, having a chat with my brother in Australia about sweet factories in Sunderland ,you are right with regards the one in Low Row name Mayfair but this firm also had one also in Durham Road this building now flats My brother in his email said he remembers one in Dunning St main entrance in Matlock St , but sorry to say does not remember the name (Dunning St part still stands it is either the back of M&S or Argos ) A older friend thinks also a sweet factories some where in the east end Doris ----- Original Message ----- From: "MARIE KERR" <mariekerr315@btinternet.com> To: <eng-dur-sunderland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 10:21 PM Subject: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Sunderland sweet factory Does anyone on the list recall the names & whereabouts of sweet factories in Sunderland? I can recall the Mayfair on the corner of Old Chester Road & Low Row near St Mary's School but my 94 yr old aunt worked at another one in the area.I remember her telling me that in WW2 they used Vaux stables as their air-raid shelter, if that helps pin it down. Thank-you, Marie Kerr ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.856 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3157 - Release Date: 09/24/10 18:16:00