We’ve got a day of retro retail therapy lined up at Esquire, Sgt Pepper’s, Mr Bumble and The Villages Clothes Shop.
If it’s a pound of mince you’re after, it was just 34 pence at Snowfresh in Nile Street while stewing steak was 38 pence a pound.
See what else you could buy in the town centre 50 years ago by browsing through our Echo archive photos.
1. A 1974 shopping experience.
Shops you might remember from Sunderland as it looked 50 years ago. | se
2. A snip of a price from Snowfresh
Mince at 34 pence a pound and 36 pence for a pound of steak and kidney. All yours from Snowfresh Foods in Nile Street. | se
4. Excellent at Esquire
Men's Oxford bags for £5.50 and plenty more bargains at Esquire in Blandford Street. | se
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