Teesside celebrities in their younger days - how many do you recognise?

Test your knowledge and see if you can identify these 18 celebrities from their youthful looks. Just remember you need to enter their full names.

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1. This fella was at a family wedding in Middlesbrough in 1973, Boro born and bred, he was always at the top of his game and definitely in charge.

2. Who is this young Golden Boot winner pictured at Teesside University in 2015?

3. He’s a very well known Boro fan and loves a spot of fishing, pictured here in 1994 - don’t wind!

4. An actress and former Teesside High pupil with a famous actor husband, pictured here on Teesside in 2006. Who is she?

5. An easy one for you here, this future rock star is pictured in 1974. Stop him and buy one.

6. This fella was just a youngster at Nunthorpe School when he launched himself onto the national sports scene. Pictured here in 1999, who is he?

7. She’s probably most well known for appearing in Game of Thrones, but can you name this actress, from Loftus and a former pupil of Laurence Jackson School, Guisborough, pictured here on the right in 2003?

8. 1966 was probably his heyday but this football player, coach and manager was born in Middlesbrough in 1936 and signed for his hometown club in 1936. Pictured here on the right in 1972, he’s drawing names for an Evening Gazette five-a-side competition.

9. This 11-year-old from Billlingham shot to fame with his Billy Elliott dancing shoes on, pictured here in 1997.

10. He’s one of our favourite actors, a Boro fan and he was brought up on Grangetown. Pictured here at Billingham technical College in 1999, who is he?

11. Look front left on this 1978 picture and tell us if you recognise this Boro footballing favourite when he was an apprentice.

12. Known alternatively as The Berwick Hills Beckenbauer and The Teesside Lighthouse, he’s Boro’s centre back but he’s pictured here as a 10-year-old at primary school. Who is he?

13. Now that’s magic. Who’s this celebrated chap pictured with his dad Hughie in 1976?

14. This fella is All Right Now - born on Grove Holl, he is pictured at Redcar Jazz Club in the late 60s.

15. We know him as the Teesside Tornado, and there was no stopping him as an 11-year-old either when he smashed six-tenths of a second off the championship best performance to win the under-13's boys North Eastern Counties indoor title in 2001.

16. Journalist, TV presenter and Teesside favourite, she packs a good lunch too. Who is this lass, from Acklam, shown here on the left at the age of 18 in this Gazette photo taken in 2001?

17. He is one of Teesside’s most celebrated footballers and a Golden Boy to boot. Do you recognise this schoolboy pictured as a child wearing his Yorkshire County Schools Cap?

18. This Middlesbrough born actress, supermodel and former Miss Great Britain made history by becoming the first woman of Indian descent to win the title in 2006. She’s pictured here doing a spot of modelling for an Evening Gazette bridal gown photo shoot in 1999.

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