The Cat and Dog Steps have been a Wearside favourite for a long time and the Echo has been there to capture it all on camera.
Take a look at our selection of Sunderland Echo archive scenes spanning from 1956 to 2018.

1. On camera at the Cat and Dog Steps
Sixty years of memories from a Sunderland tourist spot. | se


3. Sun soaked in 1963
Queues for the cuppas and packed on the beach. It's a flashback to August 1963. | se

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