Here are 17 nightclubs you might have frequented in Wearside times gone by, from The Rink to Passion and Mecca to Zhivago.
Have a browse at our Sunderland Echo photo memories and then tell us which of these was your favourite.
In case you missed it;
1. The Rink
Inside the Rink which has been described by Echo readers in the past as 'the best nightclub ever'. | se
2. Wetherells
Sunderland in the swinging 60s was a hip place to be, especially with live acts performing at Wetherells. | se Photo: nw
3. Annabels
The nightclub based in Walworth Way and then High Street West was open for nearly 40 years from 1968. | se Photo: Sunderland Echo
4. Bay Hotel
The Bay Hotel and here it is once more, as it looked in 1973. Photo: Ron Lawson. | other 3rd party
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