It’s 38 years since Live Aid at Wembley Stadium and Jennifer Rush’s ‘The Power of Love’ was the UK’s best-selling single.
On the sports front, Boris Becker won Wimbledon at the age of 17 and Dennis Taylor won the World Snooker Championships after an epic encounter with Steve Davis.
Here are 16 pictures from Northumberland in 1985.
9. Morpeth Bridge Street
Lorries in Bridge Street, Morpeth, in 1985. Photo: Northumberland Gazette
11. Berwick RBL
Berwick branch of the Royal British Legion dinner, March 1985. Photo: National World
12. Berwick civic
Moderator signs the visitors book and has tea with Berwick's mayor and sheriff, April 1985. Photo: National World
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