Millions of people will ring in the new year with celebrations - just like these Sunderland folk did 20 years ago.
Here are 11 photos from Wearside on New Year's Eve in 2003 and it looks like a truly happy occasion.
Have a look at these Echo archive photos and see if you can spot someone you know.
![Twenty years have passed since all of these photos were taken on New Year's Eve.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/12/20/10/42/MixCollage-20-Dec-2023-10-25-AM-6652.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
1. Party time in Sunderland
Twenty years have passed since all of these photos were taken on New Year's Eve. | se
![Having a great night out on the last day of 2003.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/12/20/10/49/ny1.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
![Ready to welcome in the New Year in Sunderland.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/12/20/10/21/ny2.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
![Time well spent with pals. A memory from 2003.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/12/20/10/04/ny3.jpg?crop=3:2&width=575)