They're two of Thornaby's best known and best loved pubs. Whether it's 2019 or more than a decade ago, that hasn't changed. On Bader Avenue, The Griffin still pulls in the punters and locals, just like it did in 2007 when some of these pictures were taken.

A year earlier, we captured revellers in The Roundel on Mitchell Avenue. These fantastic pictures look back at a night out round Thornaby at The Roundel and Griffin

It gets its name from the circular red, white & blue emblem used on the sides of RAF aircraft and is one of Thornaby's lasting tributes to the town's former Aerodrome.

Between 1930 and 1958 Thornaby Aerodrome hosted a wide range of aeroplanes and aircrews, not only from the region but from as far afield as Australia and Canada.

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