How about when pupils at Hetton School built a pony trap – but they didn’t have a pony to test it!
Then there is the occasion when 50 members of the Chipper Club took part in a show on stage at the Odeon.
And that is just the start of the great memories from 1976 which we dug out of the Sunderland Echo archives.
We have 9 photos from 45 years ago and we would love your recollections of them.
1. Ready to go on stage
More than 50 Chipper Club members went on stage at the Odeon to take part in a talent show in September 1976. Were you among them? Photo: Sunderland Echo
2. Folk dancing at South Hylton School
This folk group put on a great show at South Hylton School in July 1976. Were you there? Photo: Sunderland Echo
3. Horse power at the carnival
The East End Carnival was in the picture in September 1976. Does this bring back great memories? Photo: Sunderland Echo
4. A delicate operation
Watched by his friends, Gerard Lithgoe (11) tests his nerve and skill on the electric buzzer at the Sunderland Holy Trinity Church garden fete in June 1976. Photo: Sunderland Echo