Nostalgia

Many families had air raid shelters outside their homes. Here’s one being built in March 1939 . Photo: Sunderland Echo

Sunderland in 1939: Sweet treats and looming war

Farringdon Row in the 1930s pictured in this aerial view of the area.

Farringdon Row in 9 stunning pictures through the years

Maling's Rigg in Sunderland where one family went without food for days and never asked for help.

Sunderland tragedy: starving in silence

Peter Liddle who will give the January illustrated talk at Sunderland Antiquarian Society.

Historian's Talk in Sunderland: 'A Lifetime In History'

Party vibes in this great photo which was submitted to the Sunderland Echo.

A cracking set of Sunderland 'night out' photos from 2019

Schoolgirl Sarah Davie, 7, pressed the button to send Dawdon Pit's twin winding towers crashing to the ground in January 1992.

Dawdon demolition: The pit towers' final day

David Jackson with the £300 guitar he bought for just £1. He queued for 16 hours outside Kings's Music in Borough Road to get his hands on the bargain.

Sunderland guitar bargain: £1 deal after 16-hour wait

The £1 note can cost hundreds of pounds if it's in the right condition - but there's a cheaper way

You can still buy a £1 note - but don't expect it to cost a quid

The Dailey family on their way to Denmark during a memorable 1979 trip.

Sunderland family's Denmark trip made incredible memories

Tom Newton who was known in Sunderland as Galvanic the rat catcher.

The Sunderland rat catcher who ate snails as a delicacy

Tackling the treacherous conditions on Torver Crescent in 2008.
Did you know: Usain Salt was a gritter keeping the streets of Doncaster safe.

Sunderland gritter scenes: And UK gritter names which made me laugh

Vaux horses in the snow at Pallion in January 1984. Photo: Bill Hawkins.

Sunderland's snowy past in 11 iconic memories

Bobby Gurney and Hughie Gallagher collect money for the Spitfire Fund during a charity football match in Sunderland.

Ingenious Sunderland ships crews had amazing ways of surviving the war

Sterling or Euro. You could get chocolate versions of them both in Sunderland in 2005.

15 nostalgic Sunderland photos from 2005

The huge structure was approaching completion when the Echo photographer captured these scenes.

A selection of Civic Centre views as it took shape in Sunderland

Former Sunderland player Anton Ferdinand who is a contestant in this year’s Dancing On Ice series.

I'm loving all these Dancing On Ice connections to Wearside
The countdown is on to the return of Dancing On Ice.
Chris Cordner

The Sunderland team of the 1890s with Tom Watson pictured second left on the middle row.

Sunderland's most successful boss shares his name with a top SAFC star

Leanne Scott was performing in Little Shop of Horrors and she showed off her costume at Clays Garden Centre in 1995.

They made the headlines in 1995 but where are they now

Four more Blind Date hopefuls pictured in 2000.
They were Jamie Travis, 24; Angie Mills, 29,; Robert Foster; and Kirsty Ayre, 19.

Well chuck, here's the time when Blind Date came to Wearside

The in-place for Sunderland social life in the 1960s and here it is in Park Lane.

Stirring up some warming memories of Sunderland's old cafes

These three were having a wonderful time in Port of Call in 2017.

11 wonderfully wintry photos from a Sunderland night out in 2017

Michael Ganley speaking to the Sunderland Echo for the next episode of our Wearside Echoes podcast.

Born in the East End: The little lad who became a Sunderland megafan

Anthony Meade - former chef who now enjoys his time as a student pilot during his retirement.

Chef's memories of Carter's 'Haway the Lads' speech

The Top Rank Suite in Sunderland in 1971.

Glitzy Sunderland as it looked in 1970s Januaries

The St Anne's RC Primary School reception class in January 1990.

13 back-to-school photos from Sunderland's classrooms of

A workman is seen looking through the 15ft vertical hole in the hull of the Iason, berthed in Sunderland.

Storm leaves 15ft hole in Sunderland ship

Presto opening day in Sunderland in 1976.

Saturday shopping in Sunderland in the 1970s
Who’s up for a Saturday big shop? This is how we did it 50 years ago in Sunderland.
Chris Cordner

Wetherells which was a big Sunderland hit from the day it opened.

Wetherells Sunderland: nightclub's star-studded past

Michael Ganley speaking to the Sunderland Echo for the next episode of our Wearside Echoes podcast.

Sunderland podcast: childhood memories of one man's football passion

Some of the Farringdon youngsters who had a game of hide and seek they will never forget.

I loved these stories of Sunderland youngsters becoming mini heroes

Baby Gillian Thompson with mum Iris and ambulance crew Ray Leonard (centre) and Jim Cassidy who delivered her in January 1990.

The Sunderland baby who came into the world before she got to hospital

Jimmy Carter pictured shaking hands with Florrie Curtis, who was waiting to meet him in Sunderland in 1977.

Jimmy Carter's Pyrex visit: Your memories

Seaham pier during storms in November 2008.

The clifftop ghost who only comes out in the stormy season

Four Elvis impersonators were pictured in 2005 as they took part in an exhibition in Sunderland.

Retro Sunderland tributes to Elvis who would have been 90 this month

Maureen Thompson.

Help choose Maureen's 2025 cause

Before the Battle of Britpop between Oasis and Blur, another distinctively British music feud occured years earlier between The Cure's Robert Smith and Morrissey.

The original 1980s music feud before Oasis and Blur

Former West Boldon postmaster Christopher Head.

'A huge honour but I'm still fighting' Campaigner's OBE reaction

Dave scored this bullet header for Sunderland against Luton in the 1973 FA Cup run.
The talented centre half - and one-time centre forward - played 177 times for Sunderland and 65 times for England.

'It's an immense honour': Wife of SAFC legend made an MBE

The one millionth Nissan came off the Sunderland production line in 1995.
Ian Swell, Iain Hardy, Gary Morren, Kevin Hollings and Mark Bates cheered the arrival of the 1,000,000 Nissan driven by Neil MacLean.

Millions of reasons to celebrate this Nissan milestone

The Dray and Horses, at Thompson Road and Carley Hill Road, was overshadowed by Hahnemann Court in Sunderland. It was open from 1969 to 2005.

Were these on your radar for a 1980s New Year night out in Sunderland?

Pals together in another photo from Sunderland at New Year seven years ago.

Party time! Sunderland people seeing in the New Year in 2017

President Jimmy Carter plants a tree at Washington Old Hall in 1977, while Britain's Prime Minister, James Callaghan, looks on.

I want to hear from people who met Jimmy Carter in Sunderland

Jason the lion cub tucks into a beef bone at Seaburn.

The animals which went walkabout on Wearside

A feast of photos of Binns staff - from the curtain department to the lift attendant.

Nine times Sunderland Binns staff were picture perfect

Roy Keane, left, and Dominic Wild, right, with store owner Philip Thursby.

One Sunderland man's camping adventure: He got a £1,699 suite for free

Here's a reminder of the Bay Hotel which traded from 1936 for 67 years.

Monkwearmouth drinking spots: Which was ideal for a New Year night out

Nights of rock and roll at The Rink

Sunderland's links to The Beatles, Bowie, Status Quo and Thin Lizzie

Taken just after midday on a 1963 day on the Durham to Sunderland road.

1963: Sunderland's dramatic snow tale

All of this made headlines in 1986 from Midge Ure meeting children from Farringdon to the fire at Batleys, and the woman who broke the world record for sitting with snakes.

1986 Sunderland travel agent saves the day

John Corcoran, left and John Burns helping with the meals on wheel in Seaham in 1988.

Sunderland's Winter workers who do a wonderful job while we celebrate

It's December 1976 and the dash for the bargains is on at Joplings.

When you queued for the Joplings sale: 9 cracking Christmas photos

Big Hec brings back so many memories from the 80s and 90s.

Big Hec: Fundraising Legend Remembered

Joan Crombie and her five generations of family who will have a very special Christmas this year.

A Christmas like no other for a very special Sunderland family

Bread queues at Binns in 1975.

When Sunderland and South Tyneside shoppers queued at Xmas - for bread

How appropriate. It's a whole host of sherbet dips taking part in the 2012 dip.

11 of my favourite photos from Seaburn's Boxing Day dips

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