Ever wondered what your neighbourhood looked like decades ago.
Here is the answer in a series of photos showing well-known local streets, but as they looked in different decades.
There are views from Shiney Row, Houghton Cut, Durham and Easington Village.
Over to you to judge the changes for yourselves in these photos from the Sunderland Echo archives and Google Maps.

1. Decades apart
Streets you will recognise - but as they looked in different decades. | se/Google Maps


3. Newbottle Street, Houghton
Newbottle Street in Houghton with views from 1980 and again in March 2023, courtesy of Google Maps. | se

4. Market Place, Durham
The days when Durham had a traffic control officer in a box, and the Market Place pictured again in August 2020. | se
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