So this is how the kids of South Tyneside spent their summers in years gone by!

We’ve got hot weather, we’ve got playschemes and we’ve got children having a great Summer holiday.

All of these Shields Gazette photo memories show South Tyneside youngsters enjoying themselves during the six weeks holiday years ago.

We have scenes from 2003 to 2015 and they take in everything from hunting for bugs, to cricket.

Others put on a music show while some of you went toddling at the Whitburn and Marsden Childrens Centre in 2008.

The common denominator is they had a great time and we want your memories of how you filled the 6-week holidays when you were little.

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