1970s Sunderland on video: A decade of Wearside in one retro film

This is how your street looked in the 1970s.

We have compiled a video which takes you on a journey through Sunderland 50 years ago and it takes in Durham Road, Hylton Road, Newcastle Road, Fawcett Street and Thompson Road.

Fawcett Street as it looked in 1972. Has it changed much?placeholder image
Fawcett Street as it looked in 1972. Has it changed much? | se

Watch out for Eden House Road in 1978, and Bridge Street in 1971.

All of these photos span the decade of the 1970s. Have a look at dustbin workers gathering rubbish in Durham Road in 1979, and a cement mixer in Newcastle Road in the same year.

Newcastle Road looked like this in August 1979.placeholder image
Newcastle Road looked like this in August 1979. | se

Put a name to the jazz band in 1977

We have a 1977 view of Derwent Street. See if you can recognise the jazz band marching down Lawrence Street in the same year.

Tell us which Sunderland streets you would like us to put on video, as they looked in the past. Tell us which decade you would most like to see on film. Over to you.

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