I found these photos of 9 Sunderland streets pictured decades apart. Tell me if they have changed much

But we want to know if you think these 9 city streets look better now or when these Sunderland Echo archive images were taken.

There are views of famous thoroughfares such as Blandford Street, Toward Road, Olive Street and John Street.

Thanks to Google Maps, we can compare them more recently to how they looked in decades gone by.

Tell us which you prefer.

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