We have all of these scenes to remind you of the area 35 years ago and what a place it was.
After all, where else would you find Dave Stewart making a film, crazy golf at Roker and sequence dance at the Seaburn Centre.
Join us as we celebrate 1990 with these memories from the Sunderland Echo archives.
2. Chambers nightclub
Chambers nightclub got our photographer's attention after it had refurbishment work done in 1990. | se Photo: Sunderland Echo
3. A 1990 flashback
Three Sunderland men camped outside Holy Trinity Church, Southwick, for National Sleep Out Week in 1990. Salvation Army Captain David Bailey, centre, was joined by church officer Barry Hobson, right Peter Daley and Joyce Parkin. | se
4. Derby day in 1990
An epic encounter at St James's Park in 1990 and Sunderland wore this strip. | se
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