I grew up in East Cleveland, but the best thing as a kid was being taken to Boro matches, by either my folks, my older brother or my sister's. I preferred my Brother he would always take me in East End seats and there would be always something going on, this is the mid 70's.
As a kid I loved going into Boro on a night for shopping as my parents car came over the hill at Linthorpe and looking down onto Boro , it looked the most amazing place with all the bright lights as far as you could see, I was about 5 or 6 so that explains it.
Going for a lemon top as a kid in Redcar and then heading off to the big amusement park in Coatham( how can I forget it's name,)
Going out drinking in the Hydro in Redcar in my late teens, then heading off to Sharkey's, in fact the whole of Redcar was a great place for a night out in the 80's. My favourite was the Newbiggin but they fooked it by making it more modern.
And not Teesside but part of the legend of the area, Philmores in Saltburn being my club, and then getting the after club bus back to Redcar
+ What I remember as young teen ( early 80s) the whole of Teesside and village areas was rife with glue sniffing, I remember seeing lots of lads off their heads wherever you went, it was sad really.