Now is your chance to show your appreciation for the bagpipes.
It's Bagpipe Appreciation Day on July 27 and we are celebrating with 9 Echo archive photos.
See if these images strike a chord.
1. The pipes in all their glory but what do you remember of these scenes?
The pipes in all their glory but what do you remember of these scenes?
2. Pipers from all parts of the North East joined forces to give a display in Mowbray Park and the town centre in 1967.
Pipers from all parts of the North East joined forces to give a display in Mowbray Park and the town centre in 1967.
3. Burns Night at the Top Rank in Sunderland in 1983.
Burns Night at the Top Rank in Sunderland in 1983.
4. A full house for the piping in of the haggis at the Top Rank in Sunderland in 1983.
A full house for the piping in of the haggis at the Top Rank in Sunderland in 1983.