Watch: Music memories of the 60s and 70s in Sunderland city centre

On the world stage, there was of course the shock of the assassination of US president John F Kennedy.

Closer to home, on television, there was the first broadcast of the BBC’s now-iconic Doctor Who.

In Sunderland, there was the launch of the biggest ship ever built in the UK, from JL Thompson and Sons.

And at the then-town’s Empire Theatre – oh, just a little act called The Beatles.

Join tour guide Ian Mole, who was there for the show, and for many others.