It was also a busy time for the Hartlepool Mail’s photographers capturing all sorts of events, activities and even a Royal visit.
Were you around and do you remember any of these pictures from our archives?
1. Flipping good fun
This pancake race in Victoria Road proved popular in February 1987. Photo: Hartlepool Mail
2. Tidy initiative
Brierton pupils Lee Carter, Marc Calvert, Michael Barker and Nathan Barratt with vouchers from Hartlepool Tidy group after taking part in a campaign to keep the area tidy. Photo: Hartlepool Mail
3. Dinner ladies
Sticking with Brierton school in 1989, dinner ladies have a laugh in fancy dress. Photo: Hartlepool Mail
4. Leek show
Twelve year old Keith Carter, lends a hand to bench some of his father's vegetables, entered in the Plough Inn leek show in September 1989. Photo: Sunderland Echo