Notice the new houses on the right of the Blue Bell these where built in the 1970s and are privately owned

The roof of The Blue Bell was once a beautiful tiled structure but over many years of neglect sadly it is now nothing like it was in its hey day notice the attic window and the chimney pots and the TV mast

The Blue Bell was situated in Zion Street Hendon Sunderland which was a street in the Jewish quarter of Hendon

The Blue Bell looks very sad in its derelict condition and was pulled down shortly after I took these images

My white Berlingo van can be seen on the left of the image

Holy Trinity church can be seen in the background the church was opened in 1719 for the growing population of Sunderland as the ship building industry grew

The attic window of The Blue Bell I wonder what history it can tell us about the pub

Close up of the Blue Bells attic window now sadly looking very delapitdated after the pub closed shortly after the Blue Bell was pulled down and made into a car park

Notice the broken windows the drain pipes and the Sky antenna on the wall

Close up of the broken windows and the drain pipes and the size of the bricks these were the old style a lot smaller than the ones used for building these days

This was the main door of The Blue Bell the windows are now sadly boarded up with chip board

Grass and weeds are now growing freely around The Blue Bells main door and on the pavement

The licence sign of The Blue Bell sadly now looking rather tired and old

The front of The Blue Bell you can see Holy Trinity Church clock tower on the right of the image

Notice the broken windows and the curtains hanging out they look vey old

There is even an original Sky mast next to the drain pipe

Me and my father Billy Bell often had a drink in The Blue Bell on an afternoon

The windows of the attic and the first floor are all broken now and the pub now looks a shadow of its former self

The Zion Street sign looks tattered and weary now is as if to say I have had enough

In this image you can see nearly all of the boarded up front of The Blue Bell

The chimney and the attic window can be seen clearly in this image and notice the seagull perched on the attic window

This image shows The Blue Bells rear extension in Moor Street not quite sure what the function of the extension was but it has been suggested that it could have been the pubs kitchen