Victoria Hall
The Victoria Hall was built in 1872 on Toward Road where it meets Laura Street. It was a popular place for events and family entertainment. It was destroyed by a German bomb in 1941 which also partly destroyed the Winter Gardens at Mowbray Park opposite.
Victoria Hall Disaster
Did you know that 267 residents in Sunderland were killed during World War II by German bombing. They destroyed around 1000 homes and damaged a further 3000.