15 happy Christmas memories 1980s kids from South Shields will remember from their childhood

Binns toy department, T&G Allan, Woolworths, Geordie Jeans for your Christmas clothes - what more did you need?

Or getting a bit of tinsel to go round your head if your hair was deemed golden enough to be an angel.

And visiting the amazing toy department in the basement!

Remember when we had all those little butcher's businesses in South Shields?

You possibly also had to make a hat to wear, with the best one winning a prize.

Before the Customs House opened and the Boldon multiplex was built, this was all we had after the other cinemas closed down.

Binns toy department, toilet roll angels and wearing a tea towel on your head - Christmas was a magical time in South Shields if you were born in the 1980s.