Nine pictures of Chipper Club events from 1991 to 2009

Check out these Chipper Club scenes - all from Sunderland Summers in years gone by.

Chipsters had great fun between 1991 and 2009 when they got to do everything from sandcastle building to going on ferry trips down the Wear.

They went behind the scenes at the Empire Theatre and had parties at Crowtree Leisure Centre.

Re-live it all in these Echo archive photos.

5. A VIP visitor in 1992

Chipper was the special guest at the club party at Crowtree in August 1992. | se

Chipsters were tasked with designing a super sandcastle on Seaburn beach in August 1992. | se

Fizzy drinks, hats and lots of fun for these Chipsters at the annual club party at Crowtree 32 years ago. | se

Chipsters had a family fun night at Roker Park in August 1994. As well as Chipper, they also met Fred and Barney from the Flintstones. | se