Gateshead's busy Coatsworth Road in 1980 - see how the same location looks today
The story of Bensham has been shaped by wealthy landowners, plague victims, hard-working Tyneside families, and Jews fleeing Nazi Germany
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Our photograph of Coatsworth Road in 1980 with its period functional cars - a Ford Cortina and Escort among them - provides a vivid snapshot of an average working and shopping day four decades ago.