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Sunderland fans got a Christmas Day treat with a 4-0 hammering of Newcastle

What will your Christmas Day consist of?

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A sad goodbye but Sunderland group will be fondly remembered

In its near 30-year journey, a history group amassed a huge array of Sunderland memories.

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Raspberry ruffles and chewy mints - you all loved a Woolies pick n mix

Sweet-toothed Echo readers responded in style when we asked for memories of the Woolworths store.

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What else went on in Sunderland in 1973?

We often hark back to that wonderful year when Sunderland won the FA Cup in 1973.

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Sunderland's 12 Days of Nostalgia

Christmas is almost upon us, and for the past 12 days we have been taking a trip down Sunderland's memory lane.

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Wartime memories of a Sunderland man

A wartime Christmas homecoming with a chicken dinner awaited a Whitburn teenager in December 1941.

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The lucky hat that helped Sunderland win the cup

Last week we took a first look at behind-the-scenes news from Sunderland in 1973.

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Remembering the golden age of Sunderland’s January sales

Christmas has gone and the new year has begun – and once again shoppers are hunting the bank holiday bargains.

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War came - but some families were banned from living at Sunderland’s coast

In time of war, national identity and loyalty can become confused.

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The Sunderland blizzard which was so bad, it brought down chimney stacks

Over the past century, the winter season has usually brought ice, frost, snow, rain and wind to Wearside.

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The future is retro: could your old tech be worth a fortune?

While shiny new PlayStation 4 Slims and Xbox One S games consoles are likely to be high up on the wish lists of many this Christmas, others would like nothing more than to slip back in time to the...

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He made magnificent music and left magical memories across Sunderland

A Wearside man has been remembered as a fantastic dad and a wonderful musician.

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Relatives of Sunderland heroines are traced after Echo appeal

A Sunderland Echo appeal to trace living relations of two heroic Sunderland women has paid dividends.

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What are your favourite memories of Sunderland's Seaburn Centre?

With the news that Sunderland’s Seaburn Centre leisure facility will be closing in March this year, we thought it would be lovely to go through our archives and dig out some photographs showing the...

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Dancing and romancing at Genevieve’s

You danced the night away in your thousands at this popular nightspot.

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Sunderland shop stood firm against the German bombing

The constantly altering face of inner-city shopping has brought many changes to Sunderland.

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Was this the most exhausting day ever for Sunderland fans

We all know how it finished.

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The Sunderland man who delivered his own child in the deep mid winter

We asked you for your memories of storm Sunderland winters.

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Remembering Sunderland’s dashing footballers of years gone by

This week’s delve into the Sunderland Echo picture archive has brought up some colourful kits and a lot of hair as we look at photographs of local football teams in from recent decades.

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The Sunderland winter which froze the anti-freeze in cars!

Think you’ve got it bad with modern day winters?

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