I scoured the Sunderland Echo archives for a gallery of great images from yesteryear and found all these reminders from 1975 to 2021.
So if you like retro pubs, clubs, schools and allotment scenes, this is the place for you. Enjoy!

1. Terry's big walk in 1975
Local man Terry Docherty planned to spend 3 days walking to York to raise money for the Tyneside Society for Austistic Children in 1975. Here he is pictured with some of the Sunderland AFC squad who were sponsoring him. | se Photo: Sunderland Echo

2. Marley Pots at the carnival
Sunderland Carnival in July 1985 and it is the Marley Pots Play Centre float in the picture. | se Photo: Sunderland Echo

3. A knockout reminder from 2004
These Marley Pots Boxing Club members fundraised for charity 21 years ago. Can you spot someone you know? | se Photo: PBN

4. Yummy treats in 2011
Kai McKinnell, 4, from Marley Pots, Sunderland, was having fun at the giant gingerbread house in the Bridges in 2011. | se