9 archive January views of Sunderland - from the Joplings sales to go-karting at Seaburn

Are you shrugging off the holiday excesses and getting into the swing of the new year?

Published 8th Jan 2023, 13:51 BST

This is how the people of Wearside and County Durham would have done it in years gone by.

Some would enjoy a brisk look round the sales at Joplings or Woolco.

Maybe you turned out on a freezing cold pitch for a Sunday football team such as Downhill Rangers.

We’ve got life on Wearside in all its forms in this look back at Januaries of the past.

1. Turning out for the team

Downhill Rangers FC pictured on a January day in 1997. Recognise anyone? Photo: Sunderland Echo

Snowball fights in Backhouse Park in January 1954. Photo: Sunderland Echo

Hoping to spot a bargain at the Woolco sales in 1976. Photo: se

Sunderland taking on Huddersfield Town at Roker Park in January, 1987. Photo: Sunderland Echo