All this was! But do you remember these events from 38 years ago on Wearside?
Can you remember these new phone kiosks in Pennywell or the ghost watch at the Top Rank bingo club?
How about the all-night disco at Sunderland Polytechnic or Silksworth Colliery Band pictured in their splendid uniforms?
We have all this and more in a feature on the area in 1982.
How many of these scenes do you remember? Take a look and tell us more.
Read More... How about the all-night disco at Sunderland Polytechnic or Silksworth Colliery Band pictured in their splendid uniforms?
9. Party time for the police pensioners The Police OAPs Party in December 1982. Who do you recognise? Photo: Sunderland Echo
10. At the pool table in Town End Farm Club Town End Farm Club Workingmen's Club in December 1982. Photo: Sunderland Echo
11. Ready for panto The stars for the 1982 panto at the Empire, met some of the stars of the future from Kathleen Davis Dancing School. Left to right: are Kristy McDonald (9), Claire Bramley (8), Kim Dormand (8) and Kelly McDonald (11) and they got to meet Melvyn Hayes,Joy Launor Heyes and Windsor Davies. Photo: Sunderland Echo
12. HMS Endurance in the picture HMS Endurance was pictured at Corporation Quay in this November 1982 photo. Photo: Sunderland Echo