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.
9. Going remote at Bents Park
Jumping through the rain drops. A Radio Controlled Car Club meeting at Bents Park in 2010 but were you there? Photo: Picture by Peter Berry
10. Cleaning up in West Park
St Peter & Paul RC Primary school youngsters litter pick at West Park as part of a Groundwork environmental project in 2014. Can you spot someone you know? Photo: Stu Norton
11. Going green at Hebburn Riverside
Cleaning up Hebburn Riverside in 2014 were pupils from Hebburn Comprehensive School. Who do you recognise in this photo? Photo: Tim Richardson
12. Tell us more
What are your best memories of time spent in South Tyneside's parks? Tell us more by emailing [email protected] Photo: sg