From snow storms to shipbuilding, memories of life three decades ago

Do you remember the blizzards which hit Sunderland 30 years ago this month or the huge half-term effort to clear the Roker

Park pitch for a match? Maybe you remember the demolition work under way at shipyard. It’s all in our focus on 1991.

Members of the Sunderland Women’s Keep Fit Association who were set to represent the North East in the final of the All England Championships for Movement and Dance.

The ornate facade of the old High Street swimming baths dwarfed by the steel framework of the new Inland Revenue office in Sunderland.

The demolition of the shipyard known to many as Austin and Pickersgill was due to start on February 14, 1991.

Browsing through the stalls at Jacky Whites Market.

Taking advantage of the half-term holiday to earn a free visit to the next day’s match, these youngsters help clear the snow from the Roker Park pitch.

Youngsters from the Pantiles in Concord, Washington, with the igloo they built.

The scene on February 11, 1991, as the snow falls on Pennywell.

Salt spreading at Wearmouth Golf Club.