Eight pictures of Sunderland bonny baby contestants from 1985 - they'll now be in their 40s

Was it really 38 years ago. Here are the bonny babies who competed in the Sunderland Carnival contest in 1985.

Some of them might have been only a few months old at the time but they will all be approaching their 40s now.

So here's one more look at the day when they stole the hearts of the judges - and all of it was captured on camera by Sunderland Echo photographers.