9 photos from inside the factories of South Tyneside: Have you worked at one of them?

They are the places where we spend much of our working lives and perhaps make friends for a lifetime.

We are talking about the factories of South Tyneside and we have gone inside them over the years.

But is your workplace among the businesses we have featured in this round-up of Shields Gazette archive photos?

Take a look through our selection of 9 photos and see if it brings back happy memories.

5. A team line-up at Circatex

Back to 2004 for a view of the new-look management team at Circatex, Photo: TR

Morganite Resistors in 1963 with a section of floor of the potentiometer department in the picture. Photo: Shields Gazette

The Ford Components factory at Tyne Dock pictured 16 years ago. Photo: IB

The technical Services lab at Lenning Chemicals in 1966. Photo: Shields Gazette