the pennywell portsmouth road, sunderland

[madam]

can anyone please help me with any information about a pub called the pennywell, portsmouth road, sunderland?
i can find the road but nothing about the pub itself.
my late father in law, robert hull morgan was the licencee there up until november 1969 when he died.
i would be grateful of any information that anyone can give me.
many thanks for reading this.
tina

[stanmapstone]

I think you mean "The Eagle" that was at the corner of Portsmouth Road/Parkhurst Road and was demolished about 1996. If you go to http://gis.durham.gov.uk/website/interMAP/viewer.htm and enter the post code SR49DB in search you will see where it was between the Community Centre and Medical Center.

Stan

[stanmapstone]

"The Eagle" was a Nimmo house and opened on 11th March 1959. After lying derelict it became a target for arson attacks and was eventually demolished in October 1996.
From "Sunderland Public Houses" by Alan Brett, in which there is a photograph of the pub.

Stan

[madam]

hello stan,
thankyou for your reply.
all i can go by is a death certificate which gives this name of the pub and the address dated 1969.
i had a great aunt who came from this area who said she remembered it, but she is sadly no longer with us for me to quiz her more about it.
i shall go onto the links that you have given me and have a look.
many thanks for your help.
tina )

[stanmapstone]

The name of the pub could have originally  been The Pennywell but was changed to The Eagle after 1969, there was no other pub in that area.

Stan

[stanmapstone]

See Bid to build homes on old pub site http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Bid-to-build-homes-on.4988526.jp

Stan

[madam]

thanks again, makes interesting reading!
tina

[lewis1c]

I used to live near this area at the time you are talking about, and I can't remember a pub called the Pennywell. I certainly remember the Eagle pub mentioned in the other replies, which was at the end of the row of shops on Portsmouth Road and near the comprehensive school. I can't remember any other pubs on Portsmouth Road either.

[madam]

hi lewis1c.
thanks for your reply.
all i can go by is a death certificate for this time which gives 'the pennnywell' as his address.
this has been a mystery for quite a number of years and seem as if it may be for a while longer.
thanks again.
tina