Seamus Whelan was promoting a weekend of St Patrick's Day celebrations at both Platform 5 and Life of Riley 12 years ago.placeholder image
Seamus Whelan was promoting a weekend of St Patrick's Day celebrations at both Platform 5 and Life of Riley 12 years ago. | se

I'm raising a toast to these fantastically retro 11 Sunderland scenes for St Patrick's Day

Cheers! It’s St Patrick’s Day and I’m raising a toast to these past celebrations in Sunderland.

These Sunderland Echo photo memories show the great times you had on Wearside in years gone by.

But don’t just take it from us. Feast your eyes on nine archive photos ranging from musicians performing at Park Lane Metro station next to a giant Guinness mascot in 2006, to Irish dancing in the National Glass Centre in 2009.

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