Nine pictures of deck-chair days in Sunderland from 1950 to 1991

What could be better than relaxing on the beach in a deck chair.

That’s exactly what these people were doing in Sunderland between 1950 and 1991.

Some were taking it easy at the Cat and Dog Steps while the kids made sandcastles, others caught up on a spot of knitting.

We’ve even got deck chair attendants on a stormy August day at Seaburn, hoping anyone at all will come along.

Re-live those memories with these Echo archive photos.

5. Taking a break

Ann Rogers, of Southwick, and Rose Scrafton of Pennywell, relax at Seaburn in 1957. | se

Families galore with their windbreaks and deck chairs in August 1964. | se

Catching up on some knitting in a Sunderland scene from 1975. | se

Student Geoff Bailey caught up on his book while he waited for customers at Roker in 1976. Deck chairs were 20 pence a day. | se