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
