Climbing Collection

LEFT TO RIGHT Sitar Gombu, Lord Hunt, Daku Tensing, Sherpa Tensing Norgay (Sherpa Tenzing Norgay) and Sherpa Gombu, the man who has been to the summit of Everest twice

William Willard a Tomorrows World reporter using the Roof Shoes on the slopes of St Pancras Station roof. The shoes were invented by a Welshman to get over the difficulty of fixing aerials to

Home Secretary James Callaghan having a drink with the some members of a climbing team, Lord John Hunt, Chris Bonington, Mike Thompson and Don Whillans

Cadets "Tarzan"act. You d think these boys were sons of Tarzan
Cadets " Tarzan" act. You d think these boys were sons of Tarzan, the way they swarm up the netting to the tree tops. They are members of the 61st (Middlesex) a Cadets

Blue Peters John Noakes, climbs to the top of Nelsons Column. He talks at the top to workmen who are washing Nelson. 29th April 1977

Picture shows LEFT TO RIGHT Sitar Gombu, Lord Hunt, Daku Tensing, Sherpa Tensing Norgay (Sherpa Tenzing Norgay), Sherpa Gombu, the man who has been to Everest Twice

Picture shows Lord Hunt (left) and Sherpa Tensing Norgay (Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, right) Everest Men reunion at the Pen-y-Grwd Training base at Capel Curig, North Wales

The South Wales Andes Expedition leave next Thursday for 5 to 6 weeks climbing new routes unclimbed in the Andes. Pictured are four of the team, as they check some of their climbing equipment L-R

Teenager Steve Harrison scaled the heights of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps climbing wall, part of the armys adventure training exhibition at the Tyneside Summer Exhibition. 2nd August 1985

Spotlighted against the wintry city skyline are members of a team of steeplejacks who are carrying out a survey of the spire and roof of St Marys Cathedral, in Clayton Street

Northern premier of The Beatles film "A Hard Days Night"
Northern premier of The Beatles film " A Hard Days Night". Police try to control the fans in the streets of Liverpool. 10th July 1964

Actress Diana Rigg in a scene from the television programme The Avengers 1966

Climbing up a perilous wind swept ladder into the golden ball on the church tower of St Lawrence, at West Wycombe, Bucks. Within the ball which seats twelve persons

Actor Robert Fyfe who plays Howard Sibshaw in the BBC situation comedy series Last of the Summer Wine, pictured with actress Jean Ferguson who plays his on screen mistress Marina

Yvonne Stein - Stunt Girl seen here on a bomb site close to St Pauls Cathedral, London. September 1952 C4477

Stone Court, Sunningdale in Berkshire home of Pop Group Five Star being repossessed by an officer of the Sherriffs Office because the family band could not afford to pay the mortgage. 30th May 1990

Chris Bonington, leader of a climbing group who hope to climb the southern ice and rock face of Annapurna in the Himalayas. The group are pictured at Snowdon. 11th January 1970

Not a holdup gang, but four of the members of a climbing team lead by Chris Bonington who hope to climb the southern ice and rock face of Annapurna in the Himalayas

Children playing Saffron Walden, Essex, October 1980

Children playing Cambridge, Circa 1980

Children playing Cambridge, 10th April 1964, Children Playground Feature

A member of the Home Guard, training to keep guard of the West mountains during world War Two. He is climbing across an area called Devils Kitchen

Soldiers scale a 16 foot high log wall during an inter-team competition held on an East Riding army assault course during the Second World War. July 1942

Picture shows the press conference for the successful British Everest Expedition team, who triumphantly reached the South West Face of Everest on 24th September 1975

Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside. 22nd January 1989

Celeste Yarnall, American actress, Regents Park, London, Wednesday 16th August 1967. Celeste Yarnall will be playing the role of a half savage white girl called Eve in the film Eve

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 24th October 1968. Our picture shows... Aliki Diplarakou, Lady Russell, wife of British Ambassador Sir John Wriothesley Russell

Bob Watkinson on the climbing wall at Billingham Forum. 26th January 1992

Picture shows Sherpa Tensing ((left) and Sherpa Gombu, the man who has been to Everest Twice. Everest Men at Reunion Picture taken at The Pen-y-Grwd Training base at Capel Curig, north Wales

Everest Men reunion at The Pen-y-Grwd Training base at Capel Curig, north Wales. 26th May 1973 It is 20 years on from the 1953 Everest Climb

The famous Wastwater Screes, hitherto regarded as unscalable, have been surrounded by Newcastle climbers while on mountaineering holiday in the Lake District. The climbing party included a girl

Wimbledon 1987: Mens singles final. Pat Cash (winner) v. Ivan Lendl. July 1987 87-3480-141

Women from Hartlepool took part in an introductory climbing session at Billingham Forum, arranged by Hartlepool Councils Sports Development Team. Gazette reporter Fiona O Reardon on the wall

Blackpool, coming here tonight... For the first time in history the famous Blackpool
Blackpool, coming here tonight..... For the first time in history the famous Blackpool Tower is introduced to the F.A. Cup as the team drive with difficulty along the promenade from end to end

North Wales students removed the very long sign of the Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch railway station in Anglesey

Old Roly is dying, deserted and derelict and lies rusting away at the Church Walk play park in Morpeth on 24th July 1980. Now safety experts at Castle Morpeth Council say the old boy is in such bad

A worms eye view of steeplejacks on their way to a birs eye view on 21st april 1953. The men with a head for heights are scaling a lofty chimney rising above brickworks at Cowgate, Newcastle

Tottenham Hotspur footballers Ron Henry and Terry Dyson using a rope ladder during a team training session. 10th October 1963

Alvechurch fans climb trees to get a view of their team in action against Enfield in the FA Amateur Cup Quarter Final match at Lye Meadow. 6th March 1965

Competitors in the 1987 Milk Race, now better known as the Tour of Britain, a cycling road race staged every summer and covering the UK

The modern light signals, which now control the entire London to Edinburgh line on 2nd November 1977

World War One. The New British Cavalryand Scouts. The new British Cavalry and Scout this is the new British Army Scout known as the Divisional Cycle Corps

The private life of Miss England is a matter of some importance this week. Patricia England, a star of Noel Cowards Private Lives at the Tyneside Theatre

Brian Jones, on the wall Mick Jagger with back to camera Charlie Watts behind Land Rover and Bill Wyman in the front of Rover as the Rolling Stones try to get into a gig. September 1964

Terry the Lion at Blair Drummond Safari & Leisure Park Stirling Scotland 25th February 1971

Prince Philip at Windsor horse trials mounts carriage May 1981

Peter Phillips January 1988 son of Princess Anne scrambles over top of old fire engine at Sandringham

World War One Soldier climbing tree September 1914

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