Dig in: We've got a gallery of leek show scenes from the past

Here are some Sunderland memories that will hopefully grow on you.

They all show Sunderland and its fantastic leek competitions from 1975 to 2012.

There’s a world champion from Murton and winners from Farringdon, Houghton, Castletown and Seaburn.

Judge for yourself by looking through our Echo archive tribute.

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