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We take a nostalgic trip down memory lane to revisit the things you did in and around Newcastle in the 1980s and 90s that you can't do now.

If we've missed your favourite, let us know by commenting at the bottom of the story and we'll keep updating the list.

1. You knew someone at school who'd been on Nightowls (best of memories here), and had phoned in yourself in the hope that you'd get to speak to the legend that is Alan Robson and tell him you were a first-time caller.

2. You had stonewash jeans and a matching denim jacket from Geordie Jeans, just like Tiffany and Shakin' Stevens.

3. You had your first cinema date at Warner Bros at Manors (check out nostalgic pics of this cinematic legend here) triumphantly watching a 15, aged 14.

4. You remember when the Metro opened, child tickets cost 10p and the ticket machine went BEEP BEEP BEEP like it was being robbed when you ordered a concessionary fare.

5. You couldn't wait to be allowed to go to McDonald's on Northumberland Street with your friends to celebrate the end of term.

6. You got your ears pierced at the MetroCentre, and you owned several pairs of gold studs (the only thing acceptable at school) from Ratners on Northumberland Street.

7. You did the walk of shame from Dobsons (where you'd been dancing to Kelly Marie's Feels Like I'm In Love) and then back again after the more astute bouncers at Central Park or the Ritzy wouldn't let you in on account of your being 16.

8. You spent Saturday afternoons unfolding things in United Colours of Benetton, and there were no big outlets like Royal Quays where you could get labels cheaply. Your mam did factory outlet shopping at random cabins on industrial estates, like Tracey Sue's.

9. Eldon Garden was your introduction to continental style cafe culture, and also a source of endless amusement riding up and down in the glass lifts.

10. Riding the escalators at Top Shop and marvelling at the bit where it went flat and then up again was an actual reason for going into town on a Saturday.

11. You spent school holidays being terrified by speed skaters at Whitley Bay Ice Rink - and you know a friend of a friend's cousin's friend who had their finger/toe sliced off there.

12. You remember when Burger King on Northumberland Street was a Wimpy - and you had a birthday party there at which you sprayed, skied and waved to the Superman disco song.

13. Never mind Morrison's and Tesco - you went shopping with your mam to Presto and Fine Fare.

14. Your nana bought you a shell suit from the Fish Quay market at North Shields - and you loved it.

15. You once saw a butcher pushing a dead pig (head, snout, trotters and all) through the Grainger Market in a wheelbarrow.

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16. You went to see Santa at Fenwick's Toy Fair and still get a frisson of excitement going up the escalator to the third floor even now that you're buying toys for your own child.

17. A school non-uniform day necessitated a trip to Tammy Girl or Mark One in Eldon Square - and a Christmas party meant browsing the sparkly dresses at C&A.

18. Internacionale in Eldon Square was the shop that introduced you to the concept of interior design and the particular virtues of pillar candles and raffia boxes.

19. You had a poster of a ginger kitten sitting in a brandy glass, and a rubber shaped like a palm tree, from Athena in Eldon Square.

20. Never mind the Arena or Stadium of Light - your first big gig was watching Bryan Adams rock out at Gateshead Stadium.

21. Your mam has a photo of you wearing jelly shoes and plodging on the rocks at Tynemouth...

22. ...and you were secretly scared of the caves at Cullercoats.

23. You bought tapes at Our Price in Eldon Square to record the top 40 every Sunday.

24. When Monument Mall opened you thought it was the height of American-style shopping sophistication and pronounced mall to rhyme with pal.

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25. You couldn't wait for the pop van to come round on a Friday afternoon so you could have a cream soda or dandelion and burdock - and on the subject of pop, you remember when Dr Pepper was something you could only get in America and Tab Clear was the coolest drink ever.

26. You loved collecting colourful scrunchies and wearing them all at the same time wrapped round your bun - until a cooler girl at school told you they represented how many people you'd slept with and you had a hasty rethink given that you'd learned all you knew about kissing from reading Jackie.

27. You bought a Yin-Yang ring from Baba Yaga in the MetroCentre and wore it to bed until your finger went green...

28. ...along with sandalwood-scented joss sticks which your mam made you throw out, telling you they led to hard drugs.

29. You owned any or all of: a Global Hypercolour sweater, LA Gear trainers with sparkly laces, a ra-ra skirt or a Trimball (extra points if you wore/used all four simultaneously).

30. There is photographic evidence of you wearing a Glitter Wig from Fenwick's toy fair and looking fairly happy about it.

31. You remember a winter when it really snowed and you went sledging on Cow Hill at the Town Moor with a black binliner for a sledge.

32. You loved the shuggy boats and the big slide at Spanish City.

33. A childhood highlight was your dad winning you a coconut at the Hoppings and then hammering it open. The smell of fried onions immediately transports you back to your first Hoppings summers.

34. You went to Metroland with your school friends during the summer holidays and someone hilariously lost a shoe on the big swing ride. Extra points and hilarity ensued if it fell into one of the big fish mouths.

35. You walked round Old Eldon Square on sunny Saturdays secretly marvelling at the goths.

36. You went to school with/went out with/are the cousin of at least one person who appeared in Byker Grove.

37. Your first taste of pizza was at Pizzaland on Grey Street. There was literally nowhere else that just sold pizza back then.

38. Your parents dragged you kitchen shopping to MFI (there was no Ikea) and department store shopping at Binns and Farnons.

39. You bought fruit salads, flying saucers, gobstoppers and rhubarb-and-custards from Finlays or Mills newsagents.

40. Your nana bought you Peach Melbas and chocolate crispy cakes from Milligans bakery as a treat.

41. When your mam went shopping for new clothes, that meant Wallis or Dorothy Perkins - and they all had communal changing rooms. Which was awkward.

42. You remember when Alan Shearer signed for Newcastle like it was yesterday, and feel unwell when you're reminded that it was well over 20 years ago (July 30, 1996 for fact fans).

43. An actual family day out you did semi-regularly was to go to Newcastle Airport to watch the planes taking off from the observation lounge.

44. You walked up the steps at St James' Park with your dad, heard Local Hero playing as the lads ran out and knew you'd never quite be the same again.

The best of your suggestions

From Richie: You were one of many lads on Saturday morning waiting around Grey's Monument for the girl you snogged in Madison's on Friday night to turn up... as arranged. Sometimes the girl even showed up. A good night out ended up at the Big Bite Burger joint, then home in a Canny Cab.

From Ivan: Going to see a film at the Odeon cinema (RIP) and afterwards we would always go to Bimbi's next door for fish and chips.

From Nymeria: You were at the Farmer's Rest when Newcastle got promoted to the Premier League under Keegan and the chairs and tables had been stacked at different corners of the room with people standing on them singing Toon chants in between the Madness songs on the jukebox. You remember going to gigs at the Riverside and Mayfair - as well as having a few drinks at the Barley Mo prior to seeing a band at the Riverside. You remember Fat Sams, the Broken Doll, and rock nights at the Percy and Mayfair. You remember Pet Records. You remember seeing Crocodile Dundee, Ghostbusters, Top Gun and a whole host of other 80s blockbusters at the Odeon cinema. BUT you also remember the interval break half way through the film and buying ice cream at the edges of the aisles.

From Simon: You fell off the pencils in Eldon Square. You went to the cinema on Westgate Road because it was cheaper. Odeon 1 was the biggest room you had ever been in. You went to the top of Grey's Monument and wondered if you could kill someone by chucking a penny down.

From Joe Diamond: Shouting "SHEARER" every time you volley an object and I mean any object.

From Lauren: Those belta discos at Whitley Bay Ice Rink on a Friday night.

From Adam Dawkins: Getting asked for the most random amount of change for the bus by tramps… "Scuse me you got 37.5p for me bus fare?"

From Soph: Describing an unfair situation as being "pua shan".

From Lauren Roberts: NEVER wearing a coat no matter what the weather is, because they spoil ya outfit. (We think that still happens now, Lauren!)

From Megan Easton: Being attacked by the pigeons in the Haymarket!

From Rhys Green: Not wanting to go on the kamikaze at Wet'n'Wild because you heard someone put nails in it.

From Cieran Faulder: Kicking off in the card shop because there's no cards that say mam or nana.

From Ruth Siddoway: You had drink dropped on your head in the bottom bar at Macy's by some funny funny person upstairs.

From Peter: Dickmans pies before or after the match. "Oh for a bottle of Bass and a Dickmans pie" was the song from the advert.

From Why Y Man: All you had to do at the Odeon was pay for one of your pals to go in first who would then go up the stairs and down the other flight and let everyone else in at the fire exit on the side.

From Ben: You played pogs, even though you never fully grasped the rules. And playing marbles involved the 3 sizes of 'liggies', 'dobbers' and 'mammoths'.