You would have seen all of these scenes in the 1950s but not now.
Let’s take you back to the days of floodlit night shifts at Thompsons, riding the Big Dipper at Seaburn and shopping at Woolworths in Pennywell - all courtesy of the Sunderland Echo archives.
9. On the buses
Park Lane buses in January 1957. Remember those 'shop at Binns' adverts? | se Photo: Sunderland Echo
10. Liptons and Woolworths
Woolworths and Liptons. Favourites for many living in Pennywell, pictured here in 1958. | se Photo: Sunderland Echo
11. All the way back 1959
Swinhoes and Stothards are just two of the shops in this 1959 view of Blandford Street. | se Photo: Sunderland Echo
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