How life in Sunderland looked 70 years ago.How life in Sunderland looked 70 years ago.
How life in Sunderland looked 70 years ago.

Life in Sunderland in 1953, with 11 pictures showing how Wearside looked at the time of the last coronation

Len Shackleton was still playing for Sunderland the last time we crowned a monarch.

Trams were still being used in the town centre and the familiar sound of shift buzzers could be heard at Doxfords.

It was a very different world in 1953 – the year of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth ll – and here are 11 Wearside reminders.