With categories for youngsters up to the age of five, queues of cute contestants would patiently wait with their families for the paper to take their photo in Middleton Grange Shopping Centre.
Here, for example, is a selection of candidates from 2004 – who will all now be in their late teens or early 20s.
And don’t worry if you cannot spot anyone you know – we have dozens more archive Bonny Babies photos to admire here.
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