And when you look back at how many photos the Echo has taken on May 18 in history, it’s quite an eye-opener.
We got the Bridges shopping centre being developed in 1988 and bird spotters by the dozen watching a tiny but rare creature in Mowbray Park in 1989.
There’s the Redby School concert from 1977 and a youth pilgrimage to Durham in 1948.
Intrigued? We’ve got all them and more in our photo spotlight.
![A town fair at Garrison Field in 1937, on the spot where Gillbridge Police Station later stood.](https://www.sunderlandecho.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjhjMmJjYzM1LWYxNjYtNGQ2Mi1iNGExLWJlNWY2YjU0ZTE1ODplZjI4OTRiYi05YzU5LTRlZWEtYTUwZS1hNjNhYTY2MDY2YTk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. At the fair
A town fair at Garrison Field in 1937, on the spot where Gillbridge Police Station later stood. Photo: se
![People flock to look round gardens in Lizard Lane, Whitburn, in May 1948. The writer Lewis Carroll stayed there on several occasions.](https://www.sunderlandecho.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjFmMjFlYjk1LTA5ODItNGE5MC1iNjBkLTY1MGQ0MDA3ZTI3ODowNTY4MGZkMS0xZDFhLTQxNDItOGVhMS0yMWVkYmUzMmVkY2I=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)