All aboard the bus for the day trip. Here are 7 of them from the 1970s and 1980s.placeholder image
All aboard the bus for the day trip. Here are 7 of them from the 1970s and 1980s. | se

Seven pictures of Sunderland's nanas and grandads enjoying coach trips in the 1970s and 1980s

Didn’t they have a lovely time the day they went to Gretna Green, Scarborough and South Shields

All aboard for a gallery of memories of Wearside nanas and grandads on their over-60s summer coach trips.

We just love these Echo photos from the 1970s and 1980s, showing Sunderland pensioners having a great time as they headed to Gretna Green, Scarborough, and the Border Country.

See if you can spot someone you know from the Steels Club, Hylton Castle over-60s, Ryhope over-60s or the Wearmouth Colliery pensioners.

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