Join me because I'm raising a toast to Sunderland pubs which you loved in the 1970s and 1980s

Let’s have a look back at some of the Wearside pubs we loved 30-40 years ago.

Here’s a colour photo selection of pubs which we remember from the 1980s and 1990s and they come to us courtesy of Ron Lawson, the former JP who is also part of the Sunderland Antiquarian Society and who has shared a part of his huge photo selection.

Ron gets our thanks once more for another great feature from his own archive of 11,500 photos.

To find out more about the history of Sunderland, visit the society’s Facebook page or its website at http://www.sunderland-antiquarians.org

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