The story of the prosthetic leg, fancy dress and the bucking bronco - it's Sunderland in the 1990s

In the latest episode of our video series, we are looking back at the light-hearted side of the Wearside scene 30 years ago.

Clubbers went to ‘unreal’ lengths in fancy dress competitions

Episode 12 of the series, called Owt For A Laugh includes a chat with nightclub operator Alison Vaulkhard who remembered the fancy dress competitions in the clubs.

She said the effort that went into fancy dress was ‘unreal’ and also recalled when people had to bring a tin of beans or mushy peas as their entry fee.

There are memories of the time when a clubber left their prosthetic leg behind in the cloakroom at a fancy dress night.

The bucking bronco at Bud Bigelows

Watch out as well for reminders of the Bentleys Under-18 nights on Sundays, the bucking bronco at Bud Bigelows and the cheek of the DJ there.

All that is in the latest episode but if you want more, there is all of this already online.

Catch the first 11 episodes

Episode 1: Called Old Skool. Our interviewees discuss their memories of music back in the 1990s including Nirvana, rave, dance and trance.

Episode 2: The very people who ran Idols and Annabels shared their memories - and there were lots of them!

Episode 3: We asked people for the first thing that came to mind when they thought of the 90s night scene in the city.

Episode 4: A look back at Chambers, particularly through the eyes of John Shaw who was a DJ there in the 1990s.

Episode 5: Called The Safety of the Pack. We looked at the places where people met before going to their favourite nightclub.

The days before camera phones

Episode 6: What Wearsiders used to get up to before they went to nightclubs in the 1990s.

Episode 7: A look at the Blue Monkey. The Sunderland nightclub which gave Wearside a completely new offering in the 1990s.

Episode 8: Looking Out for Each Other. Our interviewees discuss how people used to get involved more when there was trouble in a pub or nightclub 30 years ago.

Episode 9: 'I was one of the UK’s 50 most eligible bachelors': An interview with retired Sunderland fireman Bryn Hanson.

Episode 10: This episode was called 1990s BC (Before Cameraphones) and it looked at an era when people were less self conscious because they were the days before social media.

Episode 11: Called ‘Licensed to Thrill’ focuses on the days when pubs were open until a certain time, and when they closed, you moved on to a nightclub.

Next week, we look at the days when Sunderland nightlife attracted the people of Newcastle because many thought it was a better night out.