Nine pictures from life in South Tyneside 1985 - the year Live Aid rocked the world
It was the year when the world came together to help the starving.
By Chris Cordner
Published 9th Jul 2020, 06:00 GMT
Live Aid was held 35 years ago and brought together some of the most famous musicians on the planet.
There were concerts at Wembley and Philadelphia as well as fundraising on an epic scale.
Can you remember what you were doing at the time? Can you remember what else was happening on South Tyneside that year?
It was a year of significant royal connections for the area.
Take a look at these reminders.
Can you remember what you were doing at the time? Can you remember what else was happening on South Tyneside that year?
5. Top trainees in July 1985
Jennie Shearan, chairman of Tyne and Wear County Council, and Tom Burlinson, chairman of the South Tyne Area Manpower Board of the MSC, meet the trainees who reached the final of the Youth Trainees of the Year competition. Were you among them? Photo: Shields Gazette
South Tyneside Playgroup Association held a free fun day in the Bolingbroke Hall, South Shields in May 1985, but who do you recognise in the photo? Photo: Shields Gazette