The Golden Girls, Moonlighting and Thundercats were all on television.
Wham! were topping the charts with Wake Me Up Before You Go-go and Jennifer Rush was singing about the Power of Love.
But what was happening closer to home? Did you go to La Strada or Ruperts? Did you watch as the Ark Royal left the Tyne?
We have all this and more in a feature on the area in 1985.
How many of these scenes do you remember? Take a look and tell us more.
But what was happening closer to home? Did you go to La Strada or Ruperts? Did you watch as the Ark Royal left the Tyne?
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