It’s incredible to think that these were common scenes on Wearside just 70 years ago.
Steam trains, collieries and their winding towers, buzzers signifying the end of the day’s shift at the shipyards.
It’s all here in a look back at Wearside life in the 1950s.
Whether you lived through the era or you are just curious to find out more about Sunderland’s past, here’s an Echo archive insight.
It’s all here in a look back at Wearside life in the 1950s.
![Smoke pours from this engine as it leaves Pallion Station in May 1959.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/23/15/10/Pallion%20memories.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
9. Pallion memories
Smoke pours from this engine as it leaves Pallion Station in May 1959. | se
![The Town Hall clock in August 1959. Some of the glass panels had been removed for cleaning.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/23/15/22/A%20time%20gone%20by.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=539)
10. A time gone by
The Town Hall clock in August 1959. Some of the glass panels had been removed for cleaning. | se
![Which part of Sunderland's past do you miss?
Email chris.cordner@nationalworld.com](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/05/23/15/07/Bringing%20back%20memories.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
11. Bringing back memories
Which part of Sunderland's past do you miss? Email [email protected] | se