Thomas Scott Turnbull was the son of a Newcastle saddler. He went on to open one of the largest drapery houses in Northeast England, was a founder member of a daily provincial newspaper and served as Mayor of Sunderland.
The Turnbull mausoleum, Bishopwearmouth Cemetery.
Samuel Storey (1841–1925) was a British politician born in County Durham. He became a Member of Parliament for Sunderland and the main founder of the Sunderland Echo newspaper.
The Echo is placed into delivery vans at the old base in Bridge Street, Sunderland, in the 1930s.