placeholder image — Northumberland in 1989.

Flashback to 1989 with 25 wonderful pictures from Northumberland in the year Kylie and Jason topped the charts

By Ian Smith

Published 26th Dec 2025, 09:00 GMT

We’ve taken another dip into our archive to dig up some fantastic pictures from 1989.

Take a look through this selection of photographs from 36 years ago – when Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan topped the charts with ‘Especially for You’, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was the highest grossing film and Arsenal secured the First Division title in the final moments of the season with a 2-0 win at Liverpool.