So we have dipped into our archives to dust down these pictures of Hartlepool folk – plus the odd familiar face – enjoying themselves on a day or night out in Hartlepool.
5. Can do
Pictured here in 2010, the late Phil Muspratt decorated his Raby Road home with up to 75,000 beer cans. Photo: North News and Pictures
6. Go West
West Hartlepool Rugby Club member Chris Young is spoilt for choice of drinks on offer from barmaids Mel Flay, Jessica Simpson and Jasmine Sharp at the West Hartlepool Rugby Club Beer Fest in 2012. Picture by Frank Reid Photo: FRANK REID
7. Club scene
Members and staff at Hartlepool's former Engineers Social Club in an undated picture from our archives. Photo: National World
8. The Wright move
Hartlepool MP Iain Wright pictured with pub owner Peter Morgan after a presentation at the Rat Race pub, in Hartlepool railway station, which is one of the smallest pubs nationwide. Photo: National World