We are taking a look at them in our nostalgia pages, starting with this selection of images from the Hendon area.
We delved into the Sunderland Echo archives to find photographs from the 1940s onwards including wartime scenes, the docks and the beach.
Take a look and see if they bring back memories.
What do you remember most about Hendon in times gone by? Get in touch and tell us more.
1. A real hero
Francis Carr risked his own life to help others in March 1941. A house on Wall Street suffered a direct bomb hit but Francis went inside the house and saved two women. Photo: Sunderland Echo
2. Scavengers on Hendon Beach
Men and youths combed the waste tipped from Sunderland Corporation freighters on to Hendon foreshore daily and here they are doing just that in May 1947. Photo: Sunderland Echo
3. At school in 1950
The new Valley Road Primary Infants' School, Hendon which was officially opened on November 7, 1950. Were you a pupil at the school? Photo: Sunderland Echo
4. Down at the docks
It is 1948 and this is the scene at Hendon Dock. Photo: se