Thanks to all of these people who spared time to speak to the Sunderland Echo.
They did just that 20 years ago on issues such as Sundays being kept as a special day, and more powers for traffic wardens.
See if you can spot someone you know from 2004.
![Twenty years ago this month, these people had views to share with the Echo.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/12/16/53/MixCollage-12-Jan-2024-04-01-PM-4193.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
1. A 2004 memory
Twenty years ago this month, these people had views to share with the Echo.
![Sunderland's Central Station was the subject of our survey in January 2004 and this Echo reader was happy to speak up.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/12/15/27/04a.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
2. A local view
Sunderland's Central Station was the subject of our survey in January 2004 and this Echo reader was happy to speak up.
![We asked people what their vision for the future of Sunderland would be.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/12/15/14/04e.jpg?crop=3:2&width=497)
3. Hopes for the future
We asked people what their vision for the future of Sunderland would be.
![The question of more powers for traffic wardens was discussed in 2004.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/01/12/15/07/04b.jpg?crop=3:2&width=595)
4. A powerful conversation
The question of more powers for traffic wardens was discussed in 2004.