We step back albeit briefly to Newcastle city centre 50 years ago in our video clip, courtesy of the North East Film Archive.
It was 1971 - a year which saw Malcolm Macdonald sign for Newcastle United, Tiffany's nightclub (formerly the Oxford Galleries) open for business on the city's New Bridge Street, and the Rolling Stones kick off their first UK tour in four years at Newcastle City Hall.
Our colourful clip shows highlights of the opening of that year's month-long Newcastle Festival - an annual celebration of culture in the city - on September 17.
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We see the Lord Mayor's grand parade - a succession of floats, starting and finishing in the Haymarket area, going on a circuit of the city centre accompanied by a noisy brass band.
There are familiar locations - past and present: Pilgrim Street and the vanished Odeon cinema; Northumberland Street, long before it was pedestrianised; Grey Street, which looks relatively unchanged; and Percy Street with another lost cinema, the ABC.
Period details include floats promoting the likes of Tudor Crisps and Tartan Ale - and what about the people who feature in the clip? The knee-length boots, hot pants, and mini skirts worn by some of the young ladies date it very definitely in the early 1970s!
Maybe you'll fleetingly spot someone you know - old friends, parents, grandparents or even your younger self.
The film was commissioned by the Tyneside Junior Chamber of Commerce and produced by the skilled amateurs of the Newcastle and District Amateur Cinematographers Association (ACA), one of the earliest cine clubs in Britain, founded in 1927.
If you would like to watch more archive footage like this, but in DVD form, Newcastle On Film has been specially produced by the North East Film Archive.
Presented and narrated by Pam Royle - latterly of ITV Tyne Tees News fame - it pays homage to life on Tyneside and features lots of wonderful archive film footage.
- The DVD Newcastle On Film is priced at £12 (including postage and packing), and all profits from the sale go back into the valuable work of the North East Film Archive. Buy it here: https://www.yfanefa.com/newcastle_on_film
- See more from the North East Film Archive, including a full-length version of the 1971 Newcastle Festival footage, at www.yfanefa.com
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