Today, we pay tribute to the days when you could earn your pay at the colliery, or go shopping at household High Street named shops.
So if you want to relive the days of the 1980s, keep browsing through our Sunderland Echo highligjts.
1. Binns at Christmas
Another satisfied customer! A pre-Christmas shopping trip to Binns in 1980. | se Photo: Sunderland Echo
2. Bowling back to Newcastle Road
Sunderland Bowl in Newcastle Road in a view from the 1980s. | se
3. Flashback to 1980
A view of the Wear in Sunderland in 1980. Tell us if this as an area of the town you visited back then. | se
4. A bygone era
Shipping in Sunderland in 1980. This time, the view is from the Corporation Quay. | se
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