Shopping in Sunderland - it really was a bustling affair if you lived in the area in the 1960s.
Fawcett Street was full of bargain hunters and Crowtree Road was crowded.
It was memorable in Maritime Street and busy in Blandford Street.
We have all of this and more in 15 Echo archive photos.
5. Busy in Blandford Street
Plenty of window shopping in this May 1961 view of bargain hunters in Blandford Street - and all of them smartly dressed. | se
6. All new in 1961
A busy traffic day on John Street and Fawcett Street in March 1961 when a new one-way road system was introduced. | se
7. Great styles at Graftons
Graftons on the corner of Athenaeum Street and it looks busy in this view from May 1962. | se
8. Shoppers out in force
A police officer controls the traffic as the shoppers go about their business near Collingwoods in May 1962. | se
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