Retro

Farringdon Row in the 1930s pictured in this aerial view of the area.

Farringdon Row in 9 stunning pictures through the years

Maling's Rigg in Sunderland where one family went without food for days and never asked for help.

Sunderland tragedy: starving in silence

Bella and Lynn Stacey were in the picture ten years ago this month.

Can Your Dog Match Bella's Skills?

How a city author's books are helping to decrease loneliness

Sunderland had to cope with snow storms as well as war in 1941.

When Sunderland was hit by snow - and bombs

How the Sunderland Echo reported on the Shipyard Girls during the war

Tate's Travel - the Sunderland travel firm which is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Sunderland travel firm marks 40 fantastic years on Wearside

Sophie Butler pictured with her mother Rita Oxman.

Grieving Sunderland woman's book is tribute to tragic mum

Back to 1972 and the mystery of the disappearing milk bottles in Sunderland.

Sunderland's vanished milk bottles mystery

Peter Liddle who will give the January illustrated talk at Sunderland Antiquarian Society.

Historian's Talk in Sunderland: 'A Lifetime In History'

Rock band Free recorded part of a live album at the Locarno in 1970, and some at a venue in Croydon.
Rumour has it that the queues stretched to the Wheatsheaf roundabout for their Sunderland appearance.

Free: The mega band who recorded live in Sunderland

Author Grant Slatter was having a great time with these pupils who were busy reading from his book about odd socks in 2005.

A mega cute look back at your children in Year 3 at Sunderland schools

Shipyard Girls author pays tribute to city's inspirational new statue

Party vibes in this great photo which was submitted to the Sunderland Echo.

A cracking set of Sunderland 'night out' photos from 2019

Schoolgirl Sarah Davie, 7, pressed the button to send Dawdon Pit's twin winding towers crashing to the ground in January 1992.

Dawdon demolition: The pit towers' final day

David Jackson with the £300 guitar he bought for just £1. He queued for 16 hours outside Kings's Music in Borough Road to get his hands on the bargain.

Sunderland guitar bargain: £1 deal after 16-hour wait
What a buy this was and it happened at a Sunderland store.
Chris Cordner

The Dailey family on their way to Denmark during a memorable 1979 trip.

Sunderland family's Denmark trip made incredible memories

Beatrix Archbold celebrating her fourth birthday in style.

Happy birthday Bea! The little princess celebrating her 4th birthday

Tom Newton who was known in Sunderland as Galvanic the rat catcher.

The Sunderland rat catcher who ate snails as a delicacy

Tackling the treacherous conditions on Torver Crescent in 2008.
Did you know: Usain Salt was a gritter keeping the streets of Doncaster safe.

Sunderland gritter scenes: And UK gritter names which made me laugh

Vaux horses in the snow at Pallion in January 1984. Photo: Bill Hawkins.

Sunderland's snowy past in 11 iconic memories

Bay City Rollers fans in Sunderland in 1985.

Sunderland life as it looked in 1985: Pictures galore

Bobby Gurney and Hughie Gallagher collect money for the Spitfire Fund during a charity football match in Sunderland.

Ingenious Sunderland ships crews had amazing ways of surviving the war

Sterling or Euro. You could get chocolate versions of them both in Sunderland in 2005.

15 nostalgic Sunderland photos from 2005

The huge structure was approaching completion when the Echo photographer captured these scenes.

A selection of Civic Centre views as it took shape in Sunderland

Former Sunderland player Anton Ferdinand who is a contestant in this year’s Dancing On Ice series.

I'm loving all these Dancing On Ice connections to Wearside

The Sunderland team of the 1890s with Tom Watson pictured second left on the middle row.

Sunderland's most successful boss shares his name with a top SAFC star
A talented young man called Tommy Watson has been setting the Sunderland team on the road to glory this season.
Chris Cordner

Leanne Scott was performing in Little Shop of Horrors and she showed off her costume at Clays Garden Centre in 1995.

They made the headlines in 1995 but where are they now

Four more Blind Date hopefuls pictured in 2000.
They were Jamie Travis, 24; Angie Mills, 29,; Robert Foster; and Kirsty Ayre, 19.

Well chuck, here's the time when Blind Date came to Wearside

The in-place for Sunderland social life in the 1960s and here it is in Park Lane.

Stirring up some warming memories of Sunderland's old cafes

These three were having a wonderful time in Port of Call in 2017.

11 wonderfully wintry photos from a Sunderland night out in 2017

Michael Ganley speaking to the Sunderland Echo for the next episode of our Wearside Echoes podcast.

Born in the East End: The little lad who became a Sunderland megafan

Anthony Meade - former chef who now enjoys his time as a student pilot during his retirement.

Chef's memories of Carter's 'Haway the Lads' speech

The Top Rank Suite in Sunderland in 1971.

Glitzy Sunderland as it looked in 1970s Januaries

The St Anne's RC Primary School reception class in January 1990.

13 back-to-school photos from Sunderland's classrooms of

A workman is seen looking through the 15ft vertical hole in the hull of the Iason, berthed in Sunderland.

Storm leaves 15ft hole in Sunderland ship

Presto opening day in Sunderland in 1976.

Saturday shopping in Sunderland in the 1970s

Wetherells which was a big Sunderland hit from the day it opened.

Wetherells Sunderland: nightclub's star-studded past

Michael Ganley speaking to the Sunderland Echo for the next episode of our Wearside Echoes podcast.

Sunderland podcast: childhood memories of one man's football passion

Some of the Farringdon youngsters who had a game of hide and seek they will never forget.

I loved these stories of Sunderland youngsters becoming mini heroes

Brilliant Auctions to hold first in-person sale at Café at the Quarter, Durham

Baby Gillian Thompson with mum Iris and ambulance crew Ray Leonard (centre) and Jim Cassidy who delivered her in January 1990.

The Sunderland baby who came into the world before she got to hospital

Jimmy Carter pictured shaking hands with Florrie Curtis, who was waiting to meet him in Sunderland in 1977.

Jimmy Carter's Pyrex visit: Your memories

Seaham pier during storms in November 2008.

The clifftop ghost who only comes out in the stormy season

Four Elvis impersonators were pictured in 2005 as they took part in an exhibition in Sunderland.

Retro Sunderland tributes to Elvis who would have been 90 this month

Maureen Thompson.

Help choose Maureen's 2025 cause

Former West Boldon postmaster Christopher Head.

'A huge honour but I'm still fighting' Campaigner's OBE reaction

Dave scored this bullet header for Sunderland against Luton in the 1973 FA Cup run.
The talented centre half - and one-time centre forward - played 177 times for Sunderland and 65 times for England.

'It's an immense honour': Wife of SAFC legend made an MBE

The enormous waves which battered Seaburn in January 1995 but it didn't stop these people from taking a look.

Sunderland's spectacular storms: Re-live these January 1995 memories

The one millionth Nissan came off the Sunderland production line in 1995.
Ian Swell, Iain Hardy, Gary Morren, Kevin Hollings and Mark Bates cheered the arrival of the 1,000,000 Nissan driven by Neil MacLean.

Millions of reasons to celebrate this Nissan milestone

The Dray and Horses, at Thompson Road and Carley Hill Road, was overshadowed by Hahnemann Court in Sunderland. It was open from 1969 to 2005.

Were these on your radar for a 1980s New Year night out in Sunderland?

Pals together in another photo from Sunderland at New Year seven years ago.

Party time! Sunderland people seeing in the New Year in 2017

President Jimmy Carter plants a tree at Washington Old Hall in 1977, while Britain's Prime Minister, James Callaghan, looks on.

I want to hear from people who met Jimmy Carter in Sunderland

Jason the lion cub tucks into a beef bone at Seaburn.

The animals which went walkabout on Wearside

7 gadgets you may recognise if you grew up in the 1980s. Photo: Scott Gries/ImageDirect/ Getty Images

7 nostalgic gadgets you'll only remember if you grew up in the 80s

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