Signs that Christmas was on the way in Sunderland

You knew Christmas was coming when Santa set up his grotto in Joplings or Binns - or the streamers went up in Hills bookshop.

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00:00It's that time of year when shops are filling with everything festive,

00:05just like there were in these Sunderland Christmas scenes from 1952 to 1975,

00:12in photos from Bill Hawkins and Sunderland Antiquarian Society.

00:17What was it that signified the arrival of Christmas for you in the past?

00:22Was it Santa taking up residence in joplings or bins?

00:27Maybe it was the familiar scene of the trees being set up on the jopling's ledgers

00:32or the streamers in Hill's bookshop.

00:36Maybe it was Santa on his parade.

00:39Whatever it was, tell us more by emailing chris.cordner at nationalworld.com