Join us on a 1983 drive down Hylton Road as we share rare film footage from the era

It shows Hylton Road with Steels Club among the buildings in the picture and we hope it brings back happy memories.

Our thanks go yet again to Joe and Keith Liddle for sharing the film with us.

Joe, 78, took these scenes as he went on a drive round Sunderland in 1983 and he shared them with his brother Keith, 63, who kindly forwarded the footage to the Sunderland Echo.

Previous film footage has shown Binns, Joplings and Simpsons the bakers in one episode.

More than 110,000 people saw the footage and many left their memories of Sunderland in 1983.

In another section, we shared film of a drive along Sunderland’s seafront and it once again attracted great interest.

Now comes our latest film and we would love your thoughts on it.

Keith explained that his father used to live in Sunderland and worked at Doxfords shipyard but left Wearside in 1954 to work as a riveter in a Beverley shipyard on minesweepers.

He said his brother Keith hails from Sunderland and took the footage on a return to Wearside in 1983.

We would also love to hear from people who have their own video reminders of Wearside from times gone by that you would like to share with us.

Have you taken film footage of a local party, football match, carnival, fair or some other aspect of local life?

If you have, we would love to share the memories. Get in touch by emailing [email protected]. We can’t wait to hear from you.

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