

9 right Royal baking memories from South Tyneside as we get ready to bake for Her Majesty
Get your cooking gear out. We are doing a spot of baking retro style.
We are celebrating some great Royal news which has emerged. People all over the country are being urged to bake a pudding which would celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Anyone aged over 8 can enter the competition in which the winner will be made available at Big Jubilee Lunches in June.
So how about some inspiration closer to home with a look back on 9 great baking scenes from South Tyneside over the years.
Maybe you can spot someone you know at Fellgate Primary School, Busy Bees Nursery, South Shields FC or Ashley Primary School.
We’ve got memories on the menu and we want yours.
So how about some inspiration closer to home with a look back on 9 great baking scenes from South Tyneside over the years.

5. All for charity in Jarrow
Jarrow School students raised money through baking cakes 18 years ago but who can tell us more? And are you in the picture? Photo: CL

6. Tucking in at Ashley Road Primary
A 2006 flashback and it shows MP David Miliband enjoying a cake baking session with children from Ashley Primary School. Photo: TR

7. They did so well at Harton Nursery
It's 2003 and these children at Harton Nursery were making cakes and biscuits with the help of school staff for Children in Need. Remember this? Photo: sg

8. Preparing the menu in Boldon
A 2006 reminder from the Boldon After School Club where a baking session was just getting under way. Have you spotted someone you know? Photo: sg