Sunderland's Santa parades in October

The 70s and 80s tradition of parading through Sunderland to Binns and Joplings

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00:00 Santa's in town, or at least he was in Sunderland in the 1970s and 1980s when the annual Father

00:07 Christmas Parade brought out the crowds. October was always the time when the traditional parades

00:14 were held to Joplings or Bins. Stars such as Tom Baker from Doctor Who and Melvin Hayes

00:21 and Windsor Davis from Adair Taft Hawkmon did the honours. First is the Joplings Parade

00:28 from 1977 when Tom Baker got an open top ride through the streets of Sunderland. He went

00:35 past Bins, Cantors and Sunderland Station on his way to Joplings to officially open

00:42 the store's Christmas season. It was a wet and cold day but Tom had a smile and a wave

00:49 for everyone. Just as welcome were Windsor and Melvin in 1982 and look at the crowds

00:57 who turned out to see them outside Buck's Fashions and Williams and Glynn's Bank. Did

01:04 you love a Santa Parade to Joplings or Bins? Email chris.cordner@nationalworld.com to tell

01:12 us more.

01:13 [Christmas music]

01:15 Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas!

01:23 (bells chiming)