These happy groups clearly had a spring in their step back in 2006, no doubt thanks to winter being over and the prospect of warmer weather to come.
March is seen by many as the start of spring and this pick of archive images from 19 years ago were all taken during that month. And many of them show pals out en masse as they celebrated the end of the working week in town.
Taken by Chronicle photographers for the popular weekly Bigg Night Out series, which ran in the paper between 1992 and 2012, these pictures will hopefully revive happy memories for readers of nights out enjoying themselves in Newcastle, particularly around the Bigg Market. Among them are images too of what look like celebrations for a hen party weekend and for St Patrick’s Day.
So what might people have been listening to in the pubs back in March 2006? Does anyone remember It’s Chico Time by Chico? Well, maybe not as The X Factor contestant’s song was number one for just a short time.
Other hit singles that month were Sorry by Madonna and US rock band Orson’s No Tomorrow. At the cinema the Date Movie parody had just come out and that month was also to see the likes of horror film The Hills Have Eyes and a reboot of The Pink Panther with Kevin Klein. No wonder people were keen to go to the pub.
The following month was an emotional one in the North East as it saw Newcastle United centre-forward Alan Shearer play his last game and retire as the club’s record goal scorer. Then that summer Guns ‘n Roses boosted the mood with a rocking show at at Newcastle Arena.
In the wider news, 2006 was also the year of the infamous incident at the football World Cup involving France’s Zinedine Zidane who was sent off in the final after head-butting Marco Materazzi, from the Italian side which went on to win on penalties.
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