When Sunderland people spoke up about plans to close Binns for good
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00:00Binns, that Sunderland institution. It was this time of year, 32 years ago, that word
00:07spread across Wearside that the last trading part of the Fawcett Street landmark was to
00:14close for good. No one was surprised, but Wearsider still vented their emotions at the
00:21start of November in 1992. One customer said, the place will just turn into a ghost town
00:29while another told the echo, I thought it would happen, I've been coming here for years
00:34and you can see fewer and fewer people in the cafeteria. One more said, to think we
00:41had the old town hall and Binns store next to each other, now both are finished. Binns
00:48shut for good in Sunderland in January 1993 and we want to know what you remember most
00:54about it. Email chris.cordner at nationalworld.com