These residents of Byron Street were celebrating Sunderland achieving City of Sunderland status but were you in the picture?These residents of Byron Street were celebrating Sunderland achieving City of Sunderland status but were you in the picture?
These residents of Byron Street were celebrating Sunderland achieving City of Sunderland status but were you in the picture?

Nine pictures of Sunderland in 1982 - the year Roker Park got a facelift

It was the year that Roker Park got a facelift.

The year when two familiar figures from stage and screen starred on a Sunderland stage and a football hero came to town.

We are talking about 1982 and here are nine reminders of life on Wearside at the time, but how many of these scenes do you remember?

Take a look and tell us more.

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