EVEN a downpour couldn't dampen the spirits of one bunch of school-leavers at their end-of-year prom.
Year 11 students from Mortimer Community College in Reading Road, South Shields, donned their glad rags to celebrate the end of exams and their secondary school days.
They partied at a surprise locaction, which turned out to be magnificent Lumley Castle at Chester-le-Street, and even had a couple of special guests - Will Smith and Austin Powers lookalikes!
The Gazette will be publishing a special supplement of Proms pictures on Friday, July 24.
Send us your pictures using this link.
The full article contains 106 words and appears in n/a newspaper.