I cannot recommend this place highly enough. When I returned…read moreto work after manternity leave I had to find somewhere or someone to look after my daughters. But I also had to find someone to pick my eldest daughter up from nursery. I managed to find Early days in Ryhope. It is attached to Ryhope Infant school and is part of the Sure Start group. When I phoned to ask about childcare places they advised me that they would take my eldest from nursery (which is attached) and bring her into the childcare setting once her class was finished. They would also look after her at lunch time in the main school hall. Being a normal mum I was a bit apprehensive but knew that I would only be able to tell if the place was any good by visiting. First impressions were great. Very polite and friendly staff. They all made an effort to come talk to me, even though I could tell that they were busy looking after the kids and sticking to routines. What impressed me most was that altough the staff all came to talk to me, they talked to the girls first. Asking theirs names, what they liked doing and if they wanted to join in with the other children. Obviously I signed them up straight away. And they have never looked back. I am sure that Early days has brought my youngest daughter on a treat. She seems very confident and a good little talker for her age. Due to leaving work the girls no longer attend Early days, but everytime we see a member of staff they always stop and talk to us, ask the girls how they are. And I wouldn't hesitate in sending them there again if I return to work. Early days also provides a breakfast and after school club for older children.

This Place base on Kenton Area. I am not really like this place because messy, dirty and the place…read morelook dark. This place have postnatal and antenatal group for parent and baby on every Tuesday. Like another sure start they have good and helpful staff. They have activities like credit union, little dreams, toy library, song time and parent's panel breakfast drop. This place have plenty toys almost 200 choice you can borrow more complete than another sure start, but some toys can be missing, empty battery and sometime need to be replace it. If you from Kenton or fawdon area you must register you son or baby, because beside you got free stuff (welcome pack items) also you can get some advice from them. Every Tuesday on baby social always have midwife (if you pregnant they will be check your tummy make sure your baby and you healty) and health visitor too (if you have child they will be check your child weight's make sure your baby good and healty).

Good nursery, excellent staff. All the kids are happy and enjoy themselves. Only problem is it's a…read morebit expensive

Goos nursery. Some of the staff are unfriendly at times ( but I suppose we all have our bad days )…read moreChild live to go and have fun. Prices seem to be the same as the other nurserys.

Seven Stories is the National Centre for Childrens Books. The building has seven stories to reflect…read morethe claim that there are only seven stories in all the world. Downstairs is mostly devoted to an excellent childrens book shop. You pay to see the rest. Downstairs there is the engine room with craft activities for kids and a post office to stimulate imaginative play. Then upstairs to the exhibitions. At the moment the main focus is naughty heroes, and horrid henry features heavily. The exhibitions tend to be of the look at this pretty artwork type and not as interactive as they could be. Upstairs is a studio space with storytelling chairs, a stage and dressing up clothes. A special mention for the hungry caterpillar cafe which overlooks the canel at the back and is a great place to take kids to eat. This is a cut above the eating to be found generally at this type of place. Seven stories runs a regular programme of events, such as storytelling, which are excellent. Check the website as sometimes you need to book for this. I would reccomend saving a visit for these days.

My family and I visited Seven Stories last Saturday and we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. My…read moreeldest son who is 4 loves Juliia Donaldson books so the fact that one floor was devoted to her was a big bonus. This floor included a massive Gruffalo figure, a small house a child could walk into full of stuffed animals depicting the 'A Squash and a Squeeze' book and an area to get dressed up as your favourite character and play out one of the books. The staff were extremely friendly and helpful and the food in the cafe was fantastic (too good for kids) ;) a fantastic book shop too with lots of unique books and some old favourites. Adult entry £6.50 Child entry £5.50 (4+) under 4 free Great value for a Half day experience

This is peterlee's one and only bingo club it is on the outskirts of peterlee town centre next to a…read morebusy pub. You have to join and get your bingo club card before they allow you in. Then everytime you go you have to pay 50p to get in :-( Once in there are many bingo games from the normal bingo paper book games to the table boards. There is a large bar area and the prices are not that bad. There is a large area for you to get something to eat like chips and burgers which is always nice. They run stamp cards so make sure you pick one up and get it stamped everytime you go and you can claim free gifts. The toilets are always clean and tidy and there is plenty of carparking spaces. Overall a cheap good nightout.

a place that has a lot of activities going on, check out all the things that they do ,…read more loads of computers as well to use , and clubs going on and great for kids activities..

Great place for kids and adults. Plenty of educational and interest lectures…read more Outdoor ice rink in winter.

My first visit to this place was a few years back during my brief stint at Sunderland Uni aka my…read morelost weekend. On my last encounter I got to play with vials of nandrolone and learned how to drug test people/evade detection depending on your ethical leanings. It was forthright, educational and cool. I visited again at the weekend to see the Bodyworlds exhibition. Unlike my last visit which pertained to anatomical learnings, functions of the body, human performance and errr doping, this one did not. I admit, my visit was more out of some kind of fucking morbid curiosity following a documentary I watched about Gunther Von Hagens in 2010. I am not even going to bother masking this under the pretence of wishing to learn more about the motor functions of the human anatomy, which many will, and which is their right. So, got their lunchtime. The exhibition begins pretty mundanely. A few skeletons which is fairly standard 'anatomy class' shit, before Gunther begins to ease you towards a skeleton holding a relay baton, which stands upright behind the plasticised ligaments and tendons of what once presumably made up part of its outer shell. I was not entirely sure what I was meant to be making of this anatomically, and in all honesty - after some considerable thought - I'm still not sure. Nice plasticisation (?) of the patella. And the 'pose' really brings out the array of tendons surrounding the scapula I suppose. Thumbs up. The exhibition ultimately climaxes in several displays seemingly curated to pay homage to amongst others, Da Vinci's 'Vitruvian Man,' and Rembrandt's 'Autopsy of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp' but they subsequently have the affect of making you feel like you are caught up in a particularly grotesque episode of fucking Hannibal. Nonetheless, the part of the exhibition which summed the whole things up for me, was the several millimetre thin cross sections of the human anatomy which have ended up resembling something like prosciutto ham. And that's kind of what it all is. The cadavers have been 'processed' to the point where you don't feel like you are looking at human beings. At all. In the same way looking at a slice of bacon or ham, doesn't cause you to think of a pig. Because essentially, it isn't. Any kind of character, distinguishing feature, or anything identifiable as particularly sentient has been stripped, and bio-chemically altered beyond any recognition. Ultimately, any insights into anatomy are inevitably outweighed by what is seemingly part art-exhibition, part unintentional satire on human gastronomic habits played out on processed corpses. It's all very strange and leaves you wondering what you've witnessed for days afterwards. To be honest, I'm still not sure.