We are sounding a new appeal for Echo followers to get in touch.
Tell us about the noises that you associate with Sunderland’s past. To give you some inspiration, here are some of ours.
There’s the noise of the shipyard buzzer, pit cages and the Roker Roar.
What about the magnificent sound of the planes at the air show, or the Vaux horses and drays on their rounds.
We have reminders of them all in this Echo archive tribute. Have a look and then come up with your own suggestions.
There’s the noise of the shipyard buzzer, pit cages and the Roker Roar.
![The Roker Roar. Was it ever louder than during the 1973 FA Cup run.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/24/13/59/Roaring%20the%20Lads%20on.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
5. Roaring the Lads on
The Roker Roar. Was it ever louder than during the 1973 FA Cup run.
![Buzzers sounded the start and end of every working day - and every lunch hour - at Doxfords, and could be heard over a wide area of the town](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/24/13/24/Distinctive%20at%20Doxfords.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
6. Distinctive at Doxfords
Buzzers sounded the start and end of every working day - and every lunch hour - at Doxfords, and could be heard over a wide area of the town
![The cages at Wearmouth Colliery were pictured in 1993. What sounds do you associate with the pit?](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/24/13/43/Sounds%20of%20the%20colliery.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
7. Sounds of the colliery
The cages at Wearmouth Colliery were pictured in 1993. What sounds do you associate with the pit?
![The roar of the magnificent planes at the Sunderland International Air Show.
The crowds turned out in force for this wonderful display in 2015.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/24/13/36/At%20the%20air%20show.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
8. At the air show
The roar of the magnificent planes at the Sunderland International Air Show. The crowds turned out in force for this wonderful display in 2015.