They are all reminders of the past but are they a dying trend or still going strong?
We are looking at 9 old customs and traditions and asking ‘are they all in the past or do you know different’.
Does anyone still make home-made Christmas streamers? How about reading the tea leaves? It’s a part of our history and we want to know which of them you are still keeping going.
Jon us on a journey into the past.
5. Penny for the Guy
Children with their own Guy Fawkes at Dawdon Club in 1980. When was the last time you saw someone asking 'penny for the Guy?' Photo: Sunderland Echo
6. Reading the tea leaves
Lots of families will remember the art of reading tea leaves, or tasseography to give it its technical name. Has it died out or do you know someone who is still an expert? Photo: se
7. Door to door carol singers
Here are some carol singers in Sunderland in 1954 but when was the last time you remember them going door to door? Photo: se
8. Paper streamers for Christmas
Back to 1973 for this Sunderland scene. Do you still make paper streamers for Christmas? Photo: se