We recently told how IT expert Paul Dack had launched the website www.JarrowLife.co.uk, to help Jarrovians around the world keep in touch online.

More than 130 people quickly signed up as members of the Jarrow website after reading our story, persuading Paul to launch two more websites, covering neighbouring Hebburn and South Shields.

Paul, 38, a contract software developer, living in Langstone, outside Newport, South Wales, said: "After launching JarrowLife.co.uk, several family and friends asked me if I would be doing one for Hebburn.

"My extended family is spread over Jarrow and Hebburn, with my dad and his family all from the town.

"I lived in Hebburn until I was five and later bought my first house in Sullivan Walk, and lived there for two years before moving down to Wales, so I have a lot of ties to the town."

Also raised in Wuppertal Court, Jarrow, Paul used to travel back at weekends from all parts of the UK to visit his beloved home town.

He added: "South Shields is the closest town with a night life, so we all started our drinking days down there. I have many memories of great nights out.

"I also worked for the council's beach control in 1993, dishing out deckchairs, and that was a very memorable summer.

"South Shields has always been the place that I, my family and friends would go to spend time, especially in the summer. I always go down to the beach whenever I'm home."

People can click on to www.JarrowLife.co.uk, plus the new www.HebburnLife.co.uk and www.South ShieldsLife.co.uk