How time flies. It's 50 years since all of this happened on Wearside.
Bob Stokoe got the Freedom of the Borough and Sunderland were back in FA Cup action against Carlisle.
The North Sands shipyard got our attention and so did Fulwell Methodist Church Dramatic Society with their production of Mother Goose.
Read on if you want to find out more.
9. Celebrating Robbie Burns
Members of Sunderland Burns Club began their annual celebrations of the anniversary of the birth of Robbie Burns in Sunderland Museum today. Pictured are Malcolm Mair (left), president of the club, and secretary William K Donnan. | se
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