It was a wet Bonfire Night in South Tyneside in 1991 but it had nothing to do with the weather.
More than 8,000 people had to go without water supplies when a mains was fractured and that was not the only headline in a packed November 5 edition.
Sir Loyd Grossman was in town to re-open the Saxon farm at Bede’s World and Harry Potters galore converged for a lookalike competition.
A popular cafe won a victory against demolition and the Shields Gazette launched a £25,000 fundraising drive which got immediate attention.
If that has got you intrigued, there was lots more going on - and you can find out more by browsing through our gallery of 1991 photo memories.
1. Thousands cut off
Eight thousand South Tyneside had bigger issues on their mind on November 5 in 1991. A fractured water main at the junction of Roman Road and Hylton Road in Jarrow left houses without water while 5 schools in Jarrow, and 2 in Hebburn had to close. | sg
2. Bonniest baby of 1991
Katelind Sisterson was only 9 months old when she became South Tyneside’s bonniest baby 35 years ago. Katelind, from The Nook, South Shields, was picked from hundreds of entrants in the Gazette’s Bonny Bairns competition, to the delight of parents Lesley and John. , | sg
3. Tremendous in Whitburn
Children from Whitburn Village Primary School collected gifts for the Operation Christmas Child campaign. Head teacher John Dew, pictured with the youngsters, praised them for 'a tremendous effort'. | sg
4. Sir Loyd in town
Loyd Grossman, then the presenter of Masterchef was in South Shields to reopen the Anglo-Saxon farm at Bede's World which had been hit by the foot-and-mouth crisis. He said at the time: "Foot-and-mouth has had a very bad effect on museums and other centres like this throughout Britain and it has kept visitors away from places like Bede's World." | sg