This next week is Love Parks Week in the UK and it is a celebration of the green spaces in our neighbourhoods.
But we already love our parks as these Shields Gazette archive photos show.
We’ve got live bands, sponsored walks, litter picks and it all happened in parks across the town.
So whether it is Hebburn Riverside, Cleadon, or Bents Park,we have reminders of the past from them all.
5. A thriving scene at Hebburn Riverside
Coun Joe Abbott was in the picture at Hebburn Riverside Park in 2005 at a time when wildlife was thriving. Photo: CL
6. Wildflowers in West Park
Friends of West Park planting wildflowers in 2013. Pictured front from left are councillors Joyce Welsh, Bob Watters and Gladys Hobson. Photo: Stu Norton
7. Time for a rhyme in North Marine Park
A nursery rhyme challenge in North Marine Park in 2010. Were you there? Photo: TR
8. Steaming back in time at South Marine Park
A 2015 scene showing fun in the sun at South Marine Park. Are you pictured? Photo: Stu Norton