These nostalgic photos will transport you back to fetes, festivals and other big events around Northern Ireland all those years ago.
The joyous images capture youngsters leaping on bouncy castles, cooling down with ice creams, tearing around the race track and much more.
It’s not just the children who are enjoying their freedom during the school holidays either, with people of all ages seen letting their hair down and getting in the spirit.
The events pictured include the Oul Lammas Fair, Belfast Civic Festival, the Balmoral Show, the Lurgan Show and the Portaferry Gala, among others.
Can you spot yourself or anyone you know in this retro photo gallery?
5. Looking back
Dungannon High School pupils, Vivienne Smyth, Dianne Atchinson, Ruth Reid and Donna Irwin, enjoy a day out at the Balmoral Show in May 1982 | Farming Life/News Letter archives
6. Face-painting
Leann Annette and Nicola Fox, both of Belfast, have their faces painted by Sean McCormick at the Voluntary Service fun day in Botanic Gardens, Belfast, in August 1982 | News Letter archives
7. Oul Lammas Fair
Amanda Robinson and her sister Sara, from Carrickfergus, make friends with some ponies at the Oul Lammas Fair in Ballycastle at the end of August 1982 | News Letter archives
8. A girl's best friend
Nadine Runciman, from Belvoir with Shane's Pal, a springer spaniel, owned by Tommy Bassett, at the Field Day at Barnett's Park as part of the Belfast Civic Festival in May 1982 | News Letter archives