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.
21. Share your memories
What is your favourite shop on Church Street over the decades? Email [email protected]. | JPIMedia Resell Photo: Sunderland Echo
22. Have you spotted a shop you loved?
Valente's cafe, Woolworths and Robinson shoe shop in this 1983 scene. | JPIMedia Resell Photo: Sunderland Echo
23. Have you spotted a shop you loved?
Valente's cafe, Woolworths and Robinson shoe shop in this 1983 scene. | JPIMedia Resell Photo: Sunderland Echo
24. A rainy day in 1984
Shoppers were well covered up when they took to Church Street in November 1984. | JPIMedia Resell Photo: Sunderland Echo
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