Which was your favourite for comfy footwear or perhaps something a little more glamorous?
Which was the best for sturdy shoes which lasted an impressively long time.
These are the South Tyneside questions we want answers to and we are hoping to help refresh your memories with some archive photos of shoe shops and factories.
We have Riddicks and Caxtons, Fairbairns and the Go Gay Shoes factory.
How many of these do you remember?
Take a look and then get in touch to share your own memories.
9. Such great service
Teresa Lodge retired in 2007 after 56 years of working at Riddicks Shoe Shop. Photo: IB
10. In the picture in 2014 - and it remains much the same today
Shoe Zone, pictured here seven years ago, is one of the remaining places to pick up a pair of shoes in South Shields. Photo: Stu Norton
11. Share your own memories
We hope these retro shoes scenes brought back lots of great memories. If they did, email [email protected] and tell us more. Photo: sg