15 wonderful insights into Sunderland's 1990s nightlife and how you can catch them all

You can still catch all episodes of the Sunderland Echo video series which was called Sunderland’s 90s Nightlife and here’s how.

Catch all the episodes from the series;

Episode 1: Called Old Skool. Our interviewees discuss their memories of music back in the 1990s including Nirvana, rave, dance and trance.

Episode 2: The very people who ran Idols and Annabels shared their memories - and there were lots of them!

Episode 3: We asked people for the first thing that came to mind when they thought of the 90s night scene in the city.

Episode 4: A look back at Chambers, particularly through the eyes of John Shaw who was a DJ there in the 1990s.

Episode 5: Called The Safety of the Pack. We looked at the places where people met before going to their favourite nightclub.

The days before camera phones

Episode 6: What Wearsiders used to get up to before they went to nightclubs in the 1990s.

Episode 7: A look at the Blue Monkey. The Sunderland nightclub which gave Wearside a completely new offering in the 1990s.

Episode 8: Looking Out for Each Other. Our interviewees discuss how people used to get involved more when there was trouble in a pub or nightclub 30 years ago.

Episode 9: 'I was one of the UK’s 50 most eligible bachelors': An interview with retired Sunderland fireman Bryn Hanson.

Licensed to thrill

Episode 10: This episode was called 1990s BC (Before Cameraphones) and it looked at an era when people were less self conscious because they were the days before social media.

Episode 11: Called ‘Licensed to Thrill’ focuses on the days when pubs were open until a certain time, and when they closed, you moved on to a nightclub.

Episode 12: A look back at the light-hearted side of the Wearside scene 30 years ago. Called Owt For A Laugh, it looked at the fancy dress competitions in nightclubs and the times when people had to bring a tin of beans or mushy peas as their entry fee.

Episode 13: The reason why Geordies flocked to Sunderland instead of Newcastle in the 1990s, discussed in an episode called ‘Even Geordies Loved It’.

Episode 14: Called Foxes and Chickens, it looked at door staff as well as the clientele they monitored.

Episode 15: We asked people to think of the three words which best sum up Sunderland’s 1990s nightlife scene. The response was words such as fresh, fantastic, new but most of all - fun.

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