That was the era when top band Edison Lighthouse were playing at Wetherells and the age of the steam locomotives was coming to an end at Doxfords.
Dave Watson signed for SAFC and Prime Minister Harold Wilson was on Wearside.
Take a look and relive an iconic era through these Sunderland Echo photos.
5. All change at Hepworth and Grandage
Pictured with the first computer to be installed by Hepworth and Grandage in 1970 were technical engineer Mr D W Hobson (right) and works director Mr S G Waller. | se Photo: Sunderland Echo
6. Filling up in the 1970s
Nixon's Motors was opposite Crozier Street on Newcastle Road. It was next door to Northern Autoport and was a Daf main dealer in the early 1970s. | se Photo: Sunderland Echo
7. TV favourite Minnie
Coronation Street star Margot Bryant brought out the shoppers when she visited the Fawcett Street branch of Woolworths in 1970. The locals said Margot, who played Minnie Caldwell in the soap, was 'canny'. | se Photo: se
8. A visit from the PM
Prime Minister Harold Wilson on a visit to Washington, where he was served with a warming brew by 78-year-old Mary Embleton, from Donwell Village, in 1970. | se Photo: Sunderland Echo