Watch: what was going on in Sunderland and across the world in 1986
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Hit the rewind button on your VHS, it's time to go back to 1986.
Some of us will remember it well – others will have only seen it in Stranger Things.
It was the year Halley’s Comet last came around – something that won’t happen again until 2062.
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Hide AdJust as much of a once-in-a-lifetime event was the opening of Sunderland’s Nissan plant, by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
We’ve gathered a selection of archive pictures from Sunderland and the world at large. It’s a real snapshot of a time.