How about a look round the open-air market. It opened in 1984 it looks like it was a hit from the start. Remember this?How about a look round the open-air market. It opened in 1984 it looks like it was a hit from the start. Remember this?
How about a look round the open-air market. It opened in 1984 it looks like it was a hit from the start. Remember this?

Is this how your typical Saturday would have looked in Sunderland in the 1980s?

How would you have spent a typical Saturday in 1980s Sunderland?

Did it include a visit to Bentleys, a look round the brand new open air market in Park Lane, or trying your luck at the ten pin bowling alley.

Or perhaps you preferred watching the wrestling at the Odeon, shoe shopping at Stylo, or looking at the toys in Josephs.

Are we right? Or did you have a different itinerary? We want to know. Tell us how your 1980s Saturdays panned out.

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