Missing your gym? Here are some reminders of the fitness venues you've loved in South Tyneside over the years

Are you missing a session on the treadmill or a chance to lift weights?

By Chris Cordner

Published 5th Jul 2020, 07:00 BST

Your wait may be over in a few weeks but in the meantime, how about a reminder of South Tyneside gym scenes from the Shields Gazette archives.

We have gym openings, a celebrity visitor from times gone by and a charity day for you to reminisce on.

But how many of these scenes do you remember.

Get running back in time and take a good look.

1. The climb to the top

The South Tyneside Gym Club was in the news in 2003 but who can remember why? Photo: IB

All Saints Community Centre manager Jason Meiers is pictured in a new gym six years ago. Does this bring back happy memories? Photo: TIM RICHARDSON

Were you pictured having fun in the gym in 2008? Photo: CL

Were you pictured at South Tyneside's mobile gym in 2008? And who else do you know in the photo? Photo: CL