Thousands of us use Houghton Cut every day.
Echo photographers have regularly captured it on film from 1938 and here are nine of those scenes once more.
Maybe you remember the dramatic scenes when the Beast from the East struck in 2018.
Who remembers when the Cut was in the picture in 1973. It's all in our retro gallery of Sunderland Echo archive images for you to enjoy.
9. The legacy of the Beast
The Beast from the East left overhanging snow drifts on the west bound carriageway of the A690 at Houghton Cut in 2018. | se
10. Braving the storm
Walkers tackling a snow storm on the footbridge over the cut in January 2004. | se
11. It's your views we want
Tell us about the nostalgia you want to see next in the retro pages of the Sunderland Echo. Email [email protected] | se
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