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Cheers from men of the Royal Tank Regiment who have just heard Mr Selwyn Lloyd
Firemore Sands, Inverasdale with Beinn Airidh Charr in the background. 26th April 1952
Monte Pearson, the former jockey who was the smallest Home Guard
Eric Clapton at his spanish style home in Surrey, 23rd January 1981
A German Heinkel He 111 medium bomber aircraft, shot down over Britain during World War
Lib - A cat climbed to the top of the pole on a railway embankment on Shields Road in
The cellar at Idols / The Lazy Pig in Whitley Bay which contained a record of air raids
The air raid shelters in The Side, Newcastle, which were being demolished
A shot down German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft is put on display in Durham
Inveraray on Loch Fyne. Circa 1940
Highland ponies on top of the Tor Choicht plateau, 500 feet above Loch Shiel
Loch Shiel, Glenfinnan with Meall a Bhainne and the Meall Doire Na Mnatha hills in
Herring Fishing Fleet seen here at Stornoway Harbour 19th March 1949
Looking north west from the top of Ben Lomond mountain tops peek through the cloud
The Five Sisters of Kintail with Loch Duich in the foreground. 17th March 1941
The River Shiel at the entrance to Loch Shiel. 20th October 1945
One of the small tree covered island on Loch Eilt Circa 1950
The Queens view looking west along Loch Tummel is a popular beauty spot
A view across Loch Awe to Kilchurn Castle in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. 16th January 1954
The Paps of Glen Coe seen from Loch Leven. 7th March 1941
The pleasure steamer Sir Walter Scott seen here tied up for the duration of the second
Tree reflected in the still waters of Loch Lomond near Luss. 31st October 1953
Post Office members of the Home Guard on Sunday morning parade at the Orchard Street
The children of Temple Green, Gateshead, were enthusiastic collectors of scrap metal for
Members of the Home Guard, formerly the Local Defence Volunteer (LDV)
A schoolboy wears a gas mask and helmet during a lesson about World War Two
Sandbags are placed for the protection of buildings in Newcastle in prepartion for air
On the day Britain declared war on Germany, following the invasion of Poland
Whitley Bay Post Officer workers wear gas masks during air raid precaution training
Air Raid Precaution Wardens take part in a pre-war exercise in the Scotwood Road area of
A young lady emerges from an Anderson Shelter after an air raid
Members of the Home Guard parade for the last time before disbanding in December 1944 at
Thomasina Thomson, 83, with her son, Cliff and daughter, Sylvia Adams
Newcastle Chronicle and Journal staff wearing gas masks as part of air raid precautions
The remains of a German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft
Work is pushed ahead on the group of ARP air raid shelters at the Vickers-Armstrong
A crowd of excited youngsters watched the delivery of the first consignment of ARP air
A family wearing gas masks go into an Anderson air raid shelter
Northumberland Home Guard units attend a St Georges Day service at St James
The surface street air raid shelters in Glouster Street near Scotswood Road, Newcastle
Workers load a lorry with 50 bales of salvaged paper weighing three tons at Newcastle
Sixteen women and children were inside the surface air raid shelter nearest the camera
The surface street air raid shelters stand intact following a German raid on the North
Wartime preparations at the Dental Hospital in Newcastle when students took part in a
The picture shows one of the first LDV Home Guard units to be formed in the North East
By 1941 many Newcastle firms, like this one on City Road
Wartime gas masks were sold by Mr Harry Breckner from his shop in Crowtree Road
Northumberland Colleries Fire and Rescue Brigade give a pre Second World War
The Boer War - A 12-pounder gun crew who fought at the Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa
A surface air raid shelter in a backyard which was undamaged when a bomb wrecked a house
Tor Choicht, 500 feet above Loch Shiel a film crew prepare to film the gathering of
Ben Arthur seen from the shores of Loch Lomond at Inversnaid. 19th July 1952
A traditional stone built cottage on the shore of Loch Tuath
Volunteer workers prepare a meal for families rendered homeless by an air raid
A shot down German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft
A bugle used in the Charge of the Light Brigade at The Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean
Veterans from The Battle of Balaclava of the Crimean War
A German Heinkel He 111 medium bomber aircraft, shot down near Edinburgh during World War
Members of the Home Guard march whilst wearing gas masks. 14 / 07 / 1942
Major General R C Money inspects members of the Home Guard at Throckley, Northumberland
Newcastle residents try out a stirrup pump as part of prepartions to fight fires
After a patrol in November 1940, members of a North-East Home Guard unit enjoy a little
A hundred household in Oakhurst Terrace, Benton gave up their garden railings to help
The Lord Mayor of Newcastle (Councillor A D Russell) inspecting men of the Home Guard
Units of the Queens Messengers Food Convoy arrive in Newcaslte
Sandbags are placed for the protection of vital buildings in Gateshead in prepartion for
Pictured is the Anderson shelter which saved four people when a bomb made the crater in
A Sunderland firm converted a boiler into air raid shelter. 03 / 08 / 1939
A First World War artillery gun was among a lorry load of scrap metal which toured
An Anderson air raid shelter under construction in a garden. Circa: 1939
The picture shows the air raid shelter sign on Northumberland Street, Newcastle
