Remembering 15 Sunderland stores and the dates they closed - the places we shopped for Xmas in the past

All these famous stores and shops have been consigned to the past on Wearside - and all of them are places you visited for your festive bargains.

Sunderland’s shops will be growing increasingly busy as Christmas customers step up their buying.

In past years, they could have browsed round the shelves of these favourites from Blacketts to Binns and Debenhams to Doggarts.

9. Hills Bookshop

Hills Bookshop - a favourite with Sunderland book lovers for decades until it finally closed down in 2006. | se Photo: se

Joplings closed in 2010 and here is the scene as the shutters came down on trading for the final time. | se Photo: se

The Sunderland branch of BHS was pictured as it closed in the summer of 2016. | se

The Mothercare store in Sunderland announced its closure in 2017 and brought an end to 50 years of business. | se