I asked AI for 15 Sunderland pubs you could have seen in the New Year at, 50 years ago

We’ll all be singing Auld Lang Syne before you know it - but I wondered where you would have done it in Sunderland in 1975.

I was keen to find out how Wearside celebrated New Year 50 years ago and asked ChatGPT to come up with the answers.

It did just that and came up with all of these venues for a December 31 celebration 1970s style.

See if you agree with its 15 choices.

9. The Imperial Vaults

The Imperial Vaults in Lambton Street is pictured more than 30 years ago. It served the people of Sunderland from 1873 to 1997. | Ron Lawson

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10. Continental Hotel

Outside the new Continental Hotel at the junction of John Street and St Thomas Street in 1958. The original was buried under the wreckage left by German bombers during a raid on Sunderland in 1943. | se Photo: Sunderland Echo

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11. The Beehive

Straddling the corner of Holmeside and the former Crowtree Road, this pub has had many guises. | se Photo: Sunderland Echo

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12. The Upper Deck

The Upper Deck, on Walworth Way, pictured in 1969. The perfect cosy pub to start - or finish - your night out. Picture: Ron Lawson. | se Photo: Ron Lawson

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I asked AI for 15 Sunderland pubs to see in the New Year in 1975. Here's what it chose

We’ll all be singing Auld Lang Syne before you know it - but I wondered where you would have done it in Sunderland in 1975.

9. The Imperial Vaults

10. Continental Hotel

11. The Beehive

12. The Upper Deck

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