How many of these 21 scenes do you remember from over the years?
Which of these shops was your favourite and which would you love to see return.
Take a look through our photos and tell us more.
9. Hays Travel and more in 1983
Church Street in November 1983 and this scene shows a familiar name in the foreground. | JPIMedia Resell Photo: Sunderland Echo
10. Doggarts in 1976
Who remembers shopping in Doggarts in Church Street? | JPIMedia Resell Photo: Sunderland Echo
11. Doggarts in 1976
Who remembers shopping in Doggarts in Church Street? | JPIMedia Resell Photo: Sunderland Echo
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