From cupcakes to canines and barbers to biscuits. Businesses which specialised in all of these have featured in the Shields Gazette on their opening day launch.
And we have got the proof as the Gazette photographers were there to capture all the joy and excitement.
It gives us a chance to reminisce on other launch days too. Whether it was Boyes or Bay Biscuits, Pets At Home or Store Twenty One, we have them all.
Take a look.
5. A big day for this barbers
Kings and Kings 2 Be barber shop opened in Whiteleas in 2019. Owner Lisa Dougdale was pictured with staff barber Robbie Court. Photo: Stu Norton
6. Fab in Fellgate
Mandy Trueman and Carol Gibson were pictured opening their new shop at Fellgate in 2017. Photo: Tim Richardson
7. Ready to open in Jarrow
Paul Leonard, partner Nicola, children Noah and Laura, opening their new flooring shop in Jarrow's Viking Shopping Centre 5 years ago. Photo: Tim Richardson
8. A day to remember in 2012
Bay Biscuits opened in King Street in 2012 and here is Darran Bates in the picture. Photo: Stu Norton