These evocative images wind the clock back six decades to the 1960s, showing how different the streets we call home looked back then.
They take us on a nostalgic journey across the North East as it was more than 50 years ago, from Sunderland and South Shields to Newcastle, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough and Northumberland.
You may recognise some of the lost landmarks in this retro photo gallery, from popular stores and cinemas to steepling chimneys and other reminders of the industrial landscape.
In one picture, the rubble of demolished homes is being cleared to make way for a new town, in another, children march through town playing homemade bugles, and, in a third, a family settles down for a picnic with the cranes and vessels of a famous shipyard as a backdrop.
These photos reveal a very different world, where youngsters had more freedom to play on the streets than they do today, but one in which the roads were getting busier.
Do these pictures bring back any happy memories for you of life in the 60s? If you’re after more 60s nostalgia, check out this look at how much school life has changed over the years.
1. Morning rush hour
Rush hour traffic in Sunderland town centre in March 1961 | National World
2. Street scene
People sitting outside on Byethorne Street, South Shields, in July 1967. The old-style dustbins can be seen at the top of the street. | National World
3. Railway
A train heads south through Hartlepool in this picture taken from the Middleton Road railway bridge in the 1960s | National World
4. City centre
Newcastle city centre in 1966 | Getty Images Photo: John Waterman/Fox Photos