Cast your minds back to the days of John Byrne on the attack for Sunderland and relaxing with some refreshments at Crowtree Leisure Centre. We have a selection of scenes from 1991.Cast your minds back to the days of John Byrne on the attack for Sunderland and relaxing with some refreshments at Crowtree Leisure Centre. We have a selection of scenes from 1991.
Cast your minds back to the days of John Byrne on the attack for Sunderland and relaxing with some refreshments at Crowtree Leisure Centre. We have a selection of scenes from 1991.

The old baths, a Black Cats star and painting a bridge - it's all a reminder of Wearside in 1991

What’s the link between Scrooge, a well-known swimming baths, a famous market and fairground rides?
By Chris Cordner
Published 19th Aug 2021, 12:51 BST

The answer is 1991 and they were all scenes which were captured on camera in the Wearside area by a Sunderland Echo photographer.

We have all these and more in a collection of photos which we hope will bring back lots of memories.

Are you on camera inside Jacky White’s market or in the bar at Crowtree Leisure Centre? Are you pictured performing as Scrooge at the Sunderland Empire or taking a swimming lesson?

Take a look.

Sunderland's most prominent landmark was getting a lick of paint in this scene at Weasrmouth Bridge in 1991.

1. A spruce-up for a Wearside landmark

Sunderland's most prominent landmark was getting a lick of paint in this scene at Weasrmouth Bridge in 1991. Photo: Sunderland Echo

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These children looked like they were loving their swimming lesson at Crowtree Leisure Centre in April 1991. Who do you recognise in this photo?

2. Making a splash at Crowtree

These children looked like they were loving their swimming lesson at Crowtree Leisure Centre in April 1991. Who do you recognise in this photo? Photo: Sunderland Echo

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Bryan Johnson was playing Scrooge at Sunderland Empire in November 1991. Does this bring back happy memories?

3. Humbug! It's 1991

Bryan Johnson was playing Scrooge at Sunderland Empire in November 1991. Does this bring back happy memories? Photo: SE

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The ornate facade of the old High Street swimming baths were dwarfed by the steel framework of the new Inland Revenue office in Sunderland in this scene from February 1991.

4. The old and the new in the High Street

The ornate facade of the old High Street swimming baths were dwarfed by the steel framework of the new Inland Revenue office in Sunderland in this scene from February 1991. Photo: Sunderland Echo

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