The Evening Chronicle carried its fair share of gloomy headlines in the early 1980s - an era marked in the North East by economic decline, business closures and an ever-lengthening dole queue.
But this weekend 40 years ago, the region had a definite buzz in the air. At St James' Park, football superstar Kevin Keegan made his triumphant debut for Newcastle United, scoring the only goal of the game in front of a delirious 36,000 sell-out crowd. Meanwhile, just up the road at Newcastle Airport, huge crowds watched supersonic aircraft Concorde spectacularly swoop in for a two-day visit - its first ever to the region.
'Let The Good Times Roll,' was the Chronicle's page one headline on a blazing hot Saturday, August 28, as we covered both upbeat stories. As many as 50,000 people, we reported, were expected to flock to the airport to "witness the unique sight of the sleek 'living legend' standing on the tarmac".
