Here are 15 scenes, including many from December 2003. Each shows people having fun and socialising.
Are you pictured? See if you can spot anyone you know in our retro photos.
10. Winter nights out
Pictured in South Shields around 16 years ago. | JPIMedia Resell Photo: CL
12. Pictured on a night out
What are your memories of nights out on South Tyneside in the early 2000s? | JPIMedia Resell Photo: GZ
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