A look around Sunderland's Local Studies Library in the famous 'Elephant Tea Rooms' building

The 'secret staircase' uncovered in Sunderland's Elephant Tea Rooms as renovation work goes on

Sunderland's Elephant Tea Rooms

A close-up look at the restoration of Sunderland's Elephant Tea Rooms

Sumptuous Sunderland: Looking up at the buildings

Sheepfolds Stables: Sunderland’s newest hotspot

A look inside the HQ of Sunderland Antiquarian Society

Sunderland's former County Court building transformed into student accommodation

Sunderland Minster cafe Down the Rabbit Hole

Hidden Stories exhibition at Sunderland's Seventeen Nineteen

A look inside Sunderland's new The Glass Onion bistro

Progress at the Auditorium in Sunderland

Look inside The Vestry in Fawcett Street

Sunderland's smallest bar, Church Door

Sunderland's new Frank Styles mural

Knowledge: a look inside the new Sunderland restaurant

New memory garden at Sunderland's Fans Museum

Vera filmed at the City Tea Rooms cafe in Sunderland

The Engine Room, Sunderland

From lion tamers to football club founders - the 'residents' of Sunderland's Bishopwearmouth Cemetery

Work on the new Auditorium in Sunderland city centre

Bennelli's coffee shop at Sunderland Museum and Winter Garden

A look inside Proven People in Sunderland

Inside Sunderland's new Cake Talk cafe and cake shop

Fairy trail at Sunderland's Backhouse Park

Inside new coffee shop The Front Parlour