15 pictures of shoppers in a packed Sunderland town centre of the 1960s

It’s busy in Blandford Street and crowded in Crowtree Road

Shopping in Sunderland - it really was a bustling affair if you lived in the area in the 1960s.

Fawcett Street was full of bargain hunters and Crowtree Road was crowded.

It was memorable in Maritime Street and busy in Blandford Street.

We have all of this and more in 15 Echo archive photos.

Take a trip back to Graftons, Bergs, Stylos, Moores and the Wimpy Bar.

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