So we thought we would raid our photo archives to remind you just how much Northumberland loves having a laugh – and we hope it will not be too long before we will all do so again.
5. Eye patching
BBC Children In Need broadcast from The Alnwick Garden back in 2012. Photo: Jane Coltman
6. Prom time
Lauren Black, Bronwen Stout, Emma Watson, Kate Durie, Jess Ridley and Rebecca Brown ready for the Duchess's High School Year 11 Prom in 2013. Photo: Matthew Slack
7. Where's Margaret?
Where's Margaret? Margaret Drummond, who retired after 20 years as nursery and reception teacher at Whittingham First School, in 2015, treated the whole school to a trip to Alnmouth Beach on the last day of term. Everyone wore masks in honour of her Photo: Jane Coltman
8. Potter time
Harry Potter fans prepare for a screening of one of the wizard's movies at Alnwick Castle, where the films were partly filmed, in 2015. Photo: Jane Coltman