Plenty of community centre scenes from over the years. How many do you remember?Plenty of community centre scenes from over the years. How many do you remember?
Plenty of community centre scenes from over the years. How many do you remember?

9 cracking retro community centre photos from South Tyneside - from carpet bowls to an afternoon club

What a wonderful place the community centre is – and so are these nostalgic images of you all having fun in them.

The Shields Gazette archives have dozens of images of events held at centres across South Tyneside over the years.

Here is a small selection of them and we will have more for you in the weeks to come.

In the meantime, have fun while you look back on days of jubilee celebrations, sci-fi and much more besides.