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

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Published 21st Jun 2024, 15:07 GMT

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.

A hot day at Seaburn in 1978 and look at the crowds. | se

Arctic winds in 1991 made for the coldest start to June since records began more than 100 years earlier. | se

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