Did you spend a Saturday swimming or ice skating at Crowtree? Or was a trip to Joseph’s Toy Shop with a cuppa with nan more your thing?
We asked the Echo readers to share their favourite spots in Sunderland for spending their childhood weekends.
From a bun at Louis cafe to a Saturday morning show at the pictures – here are some of your top picks.
From a bun at Louis cafe to a Saturday morning show at the pictures – here are some of your top picks.
![The team at Wimpy in Sunderland celebrate their second birthday in 1985. Was it one of your favourites for a treat?](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmRmN2ZlZGMxLTFkZWYtNGUxMC1iMDViLWZlN2I2NDE1ZmY2ODo0YmQ4NTZhOC03OGZmLTRjMjAtYWIzNC04NDcxODBiNTk3YTA=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
5. Dinner at The Wimpy
The team at Wimpy in Sunderland celebrate their second birthday in 1985. Was it one of your favourites for a treat?Photo: JPIMedia
![The hard choice of picking which toy you wanted (clue - all of them!)](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjUxNjZlNzk2LTg1MTAtNDRiMC05MzI1LWRmYTY1Y2NiYzk5NjphYjJmYmMxNi01ODMzLTQzMWYtOTk2ZC1kY2Q3NzUzZjJiMzY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
6. Joplings
The hard choice of picking which toy you wanted (clue - all of them!)Photo: JPIMedia
![Ken Phillips said: "Saturday morning football for Grange Park, then Roker Park on match days." Pictured here, work underway at the ground in 1966.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjYzZTZiMGFlLTU3ZGEtNGQxZC05YTQ4LTBiNmJjZmYzZmEwMTphYzYyYWQyNi03YzgxLTQxN2EtODdlMy1kZWRjMDgzNTg0YTk=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
7. Roker Park
Ken Phillips said: "Saturday morning football for Grange Park, then Roker Park on match days." Pictured here, work underway at the ground in 1966.Photo: JPIMedia
![Lauren Davis said: "Dinner at Louis cafe with my dad." What were you ordering?](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmJjNWU2OGRiLWJiZTAtNDE4OC1iNTNjLTliMjRlYjA3NWYwNjo2ZTBjZmI0OS1iZGNiLTQwMWUtYTFmYS0zNGVmMDM0ZGNhYjI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
8. Louis
Lauren Davis said: "Dinner at Louis cafe with my dad." What were you ordering?Photo: JPIMedia