The Boxing Day dip always brings out thousands of people in a fantastic array of costumes.
We dug out 11 of the best from the Sunderland Echo archives including fish and chips in 2011, sherbet dips in 2012, and the day the Penshaw Monument came to Seaburn. Enjoy!
1. Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
No, it's Super Dip Man raising much-needed funds for charity on a freezing day in 1987. | se
2. Lady Godiva at Seaburn
Lady Godiva made a grand entrance at the dip in this great photo from 1995. | se
3. A great reception
The day that the Pullman Lodge hotel upped sticks and headed into the North Sea - in 2003. | se
4. A monumental effort
What a sight in 2005 when the Penshaw Monument came to Seaburn for the dip. | se
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