Our archive photo series “Picture in Time” continues today with another trip to the Gateshead Garden Festival.
The first of three images taken in July 1990 is outside the depot at the south (Eslington) end of The Boulevard. We see a member of staff lowering the trolley pole that has been used for Sunderland 100’s journey from the Dunston end. The other pole is already raised for the return journey.
Sunderland 100 outside the south end depot. The pedestrian bridge led into the exhibits of the Eslington zone, while the big wheel on the right was also part of the festival.
Sunderland 100 makes its way south along The Boulevard. The building in the background is the Derwent Tower, known locally as the Dunston Rocket, which was built in 1972 to a design by the Owen Luder Partnership and demolished in 2012. Looking perhaps even more like a rocket is the Festival’s attempt to represent the Eiffel Tower. The pavement cafés do not seem to be attracting much custom in the rain.
All Photographs by Donald Brooks, July 1990