Do you remember the days of the conductor and having your ticket stamped during the journey?
Can you remember the bus companies from the past and the routes you took. Perhaps you can even remember the prices of a single and a return back in the day.
Take a look through this collection which is the latest selection kindly shared with us by Bill Hawkins of the Sunderland Antiquarian Society.
Bill has shared hundreds of images with the Sunderland Echo.
To find out more about the history of Sunderland, visit the society’s Facebook page or its website at http://www.sunderland-antiquarians.org
If you’ve got bus memories, contact Chris Cordner on [email protected]
1. Holmeside and Park Lane in 1953
The junction of Holmside and Park Lane 1953 when Debbie Reynolds stared in the main feature at the Ritz. Here is the 49 service for Herrington Burn. Photo: Bill Hawkins. Photo: Bill Hawkins
3. Traffic congestion on Vine Place
Traffic congestion on Vine Place as a Sunderland Corporation AEC Reliance heads out of town in June 1964. Photograph courtesy of local historian Bill Hawkins. Photo: Bill Hawkins
4. Borough Road
A 1964 traffic scene in Borough Road. Photo: Bill Hawkins. Photo: Bill Hawkins