Former haunts include the Harbour Lights and The Waters Edge in South Shields and the Grey Horse in Whitburn who have all served their last orders.
And just this month The Neon Social Club, in Jarrow, was demolished to make way for new housing.
What are your memories of these much-loved venues?
Do you have photos from happy times there?
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The Lord Clyde on Western Approach, near the junction with Station Road in South Shields. It closed around 2010 and has since reopened as Bar Blue Bistro. | JPIMedia Photo: Google Maps
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The Stanhope Hotel on Stanhope Road, South Shields, was closed around 2008. It became an upmarket Tavistock diner in 2011, but closed in 2018. Now it looks set to become another venue after being taken over by a new owner earlier in 2019. | User (UGC) Photo: Google Maps.