Or maybe you preferred outdoor music. Bros and The Drifters were both visitors to South Tyneside during the decade.
We have 19 memories of life in the borough back then courtesy of the Shields Gazette archives. Take a look and then tell us more by emailing [email protected]
In case you missed it;
1. Bob's brave move
Jarrow entrepreneur Bob Grogan who was a 1980s hero when he stepped in to save Cardiff City. | sg
2. Saddle up at Harton
Harton Comprehensive had its own traffic programme in January 1980 and the school was given a motor bike to help with safety lessons. | sg
3. Business matters in 1981
This builder's premises could be found at the eastern end of the concrete bridge at River Drive, in May 1981. | sg
4. Spellbinding in 1981
Jarrow Amateur Operatic Society's production of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. The stars included Alex Lumley as Ali Baba, with left to right: Ossie Naylor as Hassarac; Helen Lowther as Hamid; Ken Bartley as Abdulla and Alan Grieves as the Dame. | sg