Some were taking it easy at the Cat and Dog Steps while the kids made sandcastles, others caught up on a spot of knitting.
We’ve even got deck chair attendants on a stormy August day at Seaburn, hoping anyone at all will come along.
Re-live those memories with these Echo archive photos.
We’ve even got deck chair attendants on a stormy August day at Seaburn, hoping anyone at all will come along.
![Ann Rogers, of Southwick, and Rose Scrafton of Pennywell, relax at Seaburn in 1957.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/06/17/14/23/Taking%20a%20break.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=499)
5. Taking a break
Ann Rogers, of Southwick, and Rose Scrafton of Pennywell, relax at Seaburn in 1957. | se
![Families galore with their windbreaks and deck chairs in August 1964.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/06/17/14/47/An%20August%20day%20in%20the%2060s.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=374)
6. An August day in the 60s
Families galore with their windbreaks and deck chairs in August 1964. | se
![Catching up on some knitting in a Sunderland scene from 1975.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/06/17/14/56/Getting%20creative%20in%201975.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=493)
7. Getting creative in 1975
Catching up on some knitting in a Sunderland scene from 1975. | se
![Student Geoff Bailey caught up on his book while he waited for customers at Roker in 1976. Deck chairs were 20 pence a day.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/06/17/14/01/A%20bargain%20at%2020%20pence.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=519)
8. A bargain at 20 pence
Student Geoff Bailey caught up on his book while he waited for customers at Roker in 1976. Deck chairs were 20 pence a day. | se