13 photos of late 1990s Sunderland life. How Wearside looked as the new millennium approached

But how many of these Wearside scenes do you remember from 1999.

It certainly was a packed year if these Sunderland Echo archive memories are anything to go by.

Join us for a look at a Championship parade, new transport interchange, a Bollywood star in the city and a search for Sunderland’s own mini Nessie.

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