Get the popcorn and ice cream out for memories of Sunderland kids at the pictures

There was ice cream, popcorn and the thrill as the movie started.

That’s what we’ve got with these Sunderland Echo photo memories from 1974 to 2016 showing everything from Snow White at the Odeon to an outdoor showing of Grease in Herrington Country Park.

Now showing - lots of brilliant memories.

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