The changing look of 11 Sunderland streets

We've taken 11 Sunderland streets and spotlighted them in two different eras.

Transcript

00:00 The years may have rolled by, but what about Sunderland streets?

00:03 Have they changed much over the decades? Well, judge for yourself because we've got

00:10 contrasting views from 11 different locations around the city.

00:14 Some were taken decades ago and we've brought them all up to date,

00:19 with a look at each street more recently, thanks to Google Maps.

00:25 Let's get started with Duke Street, which suffered in the air raids of 1941,

00:30 but here it is again in 2014. Maritime Terrace, as it looked in 1960 and May 2019.

00:40 We go next to Bedford Street in 1983 and 40 years later in 2023.

00:49 We have an undated Fawcett Street scene from the Echo Archives and one from Google Maps in 2019.

00:55 Here's Low Street, as it looked in 1898 and 2023.

01:01 And how about to look at Cato Street? We've got it in 1958 and 2023.

01:10 Mackie's Corner, a famous Sunderland location, but decades apart in 1953 and 2022.

01:18 Two views of the same street, but from 2018 and 1980.

01:23 It's Derwent Street in Sunderland. Join us in Hartley Street in 1964 and 2023.

01:31 Crowtree Road certainly looks different now from its days in 1962. Here it is in 2017.

01:39 And West Weir Street has changed a bit since 1968.

01:45 Here's a more up-to-date view from 2022.

01:48 Tell us which street to put on film next by emailing chris.cordner@nationalworld.com.