It’s time to take a look at some happier moments of the store by stepping back in time.
All these Sunderland Echo archive scenes show the staff and customers who made the store tick for so many decades.
We have got photos from the fashion section, cosmetics, cafe and from the store’s links with fundraising. We even have a reminder of the time when the store had an aqua massage machine inside.
Are you pictured? There is only one way to find out and that is by joining us for a journey through the archives.
1. Happy to help in 2011
The new personal shopper service at the store a decade ago with Justine Johnson and Chloe Rodgers in the spotlight. Photo: Picture by Peter Berry
2. Meeting the fans in 2010
Sunderland's new signings Matthew Kilgallon and Alan Hutton got to meet these young fans in Debenhams 11 years ago. Remember this? Photo: AB
3. All for charity in 2004
Debenhams staff were pictured at the start of their charity run from Roker to South Shields in 2004. Can you spot someone you know? Photo: MM
4. Such good work in 2015
Gemma Walker, Rachael Done, and Lizzie Oliver were raising money for charity in this 2015 Debenhams scene but who can tell us more? Photo: Tim Richardson