It might have been Timpsons for shoes or Hills for books. If it was, it sounds like an enjoyable day of retail therapy.
And we can re-live the memories of them thanks to these 9 photos from the Sunderland Antiquarian Society.
Have a look at Manfields, Evans and Youngs – all names to conjure with and all remembered in the society’s photo archives.
Enjoy the collection and then get in touch to tell us which shop always grabbed your attention in the past.
1. Timpsons
A look at Timpsons in High Street West. Did you get your new shoes from there? Photo: Sunderland Antiquarian Society. Photo: Sunderland Antiquarian Society.
2. Swinging 60s
Manfield's on Mackies Corner in 1960. Remember it? Photo: Sunderland Antiquarian Society. Photo: Sunderland Antiquarian Society
3. Memories in store
The Surplus Supply Stores were in the picture near to The Old Twenty Nine in High Street West. Photo: Sunderland Antiquarian Society. Photo: Sunderland Antiquarian Society
4. Back to Bridge Street
Outsize clothes at Evans in this Bridge Street photo from the past. Photo: Sunderland Antiquarian Society. Photo: Sunderland Antiquarian Society