Relaxing in rural Wearside: A look at life in 1959

Ease yourself into a 1959 look at the beautiful villages of Sunderland and County Durham.

Transcript

00:00What could be more relaxing than a stroll through rural Sunderland and County Durham?

00:06Have a look at a selection of superbly serene scenes showing life as it looked in 1959.

00:13We have Penshire, Dalton-le-Dale, Offerton, Tunstall and Burden.

00:20Have a look at life in Easington Village, Cox Green, Silksworth, Washington.

00:27We've even got a picture postcard look at Whitburn in the snow of January 1959.

00:34They all come from the Sunderland Echo archives.

00:38We hope you enjoy our retro day in the villages.