We wanted your memories of your first ever day at school and it’s a day which clearly stays in the memory of many Wearside people.
Some of you ran home, some cried, and some ran off with a wave to mum.
Today, we have compiled some of the cutest, saddest and happiest memories of first days at school among the 7,000-strong following of our Wearside Echoes page.
You will find the page on Facebook and it’s a fun look at Sunderland and County Durham nostalgia.
In the meantime, desks please as we head back to the classroom.
![A scene from Castletown Infants School in 1985. Caroline McAllister was a first day pupil there in 1967. Caroline said: "I was first one in the class so got first dabs on the coat hooks. Chose the butterfly picture. I remember a distinct smell.
"Then the only thing I remember after that is, about an hour in, the door bursts open and 2 staff and a mam drag a little girl in kicking and screaming like a banshee."](https://www.sunderlandecho.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjNhMWY3MjgwLThkYTgtNDk0Yy1iODIwLTMyZjUzMjM2MGJmZDphMzUzMzVmZS0xNTAwLTQ3NDItYjNmOC0wNjllOWE5NDI4NDU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. Castletown Infants
A scene from Castletown Infants School in 1985. Caroline McAllister was a first day pupil there in 1967. Caroline said: "I was first one in the class so got first dabs on the coat hooks. Chose the butterfly picture. I remember a distinct smell. "Then the only thing I remember after that is, about an hour in, the door bursts open and 2 staff and a mam drag a little girl in kicking and screaming like a banshee." Photo: Sunderland Echo
![St Benets school in 1991. Jonathan Grant went there and remembered 'the tiny coat hooks and basins in the cloakroom. They have similar in the school at Beamish'.](https://www.sunderlandecho.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjZlMmVlM2FhLTNjYzctNGQzZS04YWUxLTRlNjJjZjYzNmQ2YzpmZTY3MDE5MS0zYTgzLTRlNDMtYjNmNy04MGM5NWUyNzc0ZGU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. St Benets
St Benets school in 1991. Jonathan Grant went there and remembered 'the tiny coat hooks and basins in the cloakroom. They have similar in the school at Beamish'. Photo: Sunderland Echo
![Children starting Quarry View Infants' School in 1976. Peter King started there in 1953 and recalled the 'smell of fresh road surface being laid on playground."](https://www.sunderlandecho.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjNkNjlhZDE0LTQwYjQtNDQ0My04OWNkLTBmOWJmNDdlZTI2MjozNjIwMjEyMS1lMDUyLTQ4YjktOTE5Mi02MTVjN2Q0NDNiYzQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Quarry View Infants
Children starting Quarry View Infants' School in 1976. Peter King started there in 1953 and recalled the 'smell of fresh road surface being laid on playground." Photo: Sunderland Echo
![A Redby School scene from 1978. Rosemary Abram said: "My baby sister was born the day I started school in 1952, Redby Infants - Mrs Wardropper's class.
And we loved this memory from Mary Riddell who said: "I cried because my mam had just had my baby sister. The next day she took me to school and I thought she was getting rid of me because she had a new baby."](https://www.sunderlandecho.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjAyN2ZjNTkxLTM0ZjItNDUzZC05ZmY3LWM5NGZkMWRmNTRiZDplYjk5MjU0Zi0xNTcyLTQ4MDUtOGQ0MS1mZWJkMDBiMGQ5ZjY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. Redby School
A Redby School scene from 1978. Rosemary Abram said: "My baby sister was born the day I started school in 1952, Redby Infants - Mrs Wardropper's class. And we loved this memory from Mary Riddell who said: "I cried because my mam had just had my baby sister. The next day she took me to school and I thought she was getting rid of me because she had a new baby." Photo: se