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Pupils of Ross Place School, Ardwick, Manchester, jump across a sea of mud to enter school. December 1970
Skate City opens in London on the South Bank on 26th August 1977. It is Britains first commercial skateboard park costing 100, 000 to develop. 14-year-old Jonathan Turnbull of London in action
Steeplejack Fred Dibnah brought down the 100 foot Jamesons fireclay works chimney at Corbridge, Northumberland on 26 April 1987
A medieval property in Spon Street which nearby residents say is an eyesore and a danger to children. The unoccupied property has been boarded up for several years waiting for a "
A young boy allowed to touch an elephant at London Zoo. 29th December 1954
Bob Thomson, deputy site manager celebrating safety success. For the first time in 30 years, ICI Wilton works has for a month churned out chemicals nonstop without an accident
No health and safety here as this painter stands precariously on top of the hand rails of the safety cradle on 14th September 1985
Newcastle Area Skateboarders competition, held in the grounds of the West Denton High School. Malcolm Bishop of Heaton demonstrating his freestyle on 3rd December 1977
Pint-sized Ashley Kane, aged eight, from Washington shows the sort of skills which won hme the Under-13s freestyle title on 26th February 1978
The first National Skateboard Show opened at the Royal Horticultural Halls, Westminster on 13th February 1976. Mike Williams demonstrates the high jump with the skateboard
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
Odeon usherettes at Leicester Square in central London are ready for anything in fire fighting after having formed their own fire fighting squad
Some of the 180 children play in the small corridor at Sacred Heart RC school, Gorton, Manchester, the only place to use when rain stops them playing out
Victoria Street, Bristol, wooden pavement blocks being repaired & replaced by North British Rubber Road Blocks, Circa, 1920
Forest Products Research Laboratory. A saw dentist treating and sharpening the teeth of a great log saw. This is one of the largest experimental saws. 30th March 1935
St Gabriels Primary School pupils at Ormesby have been crowned junior Highway Code masterminds. A team of quick witted youngsters from St Gabriels School in Allendale Road
Scaffolder oblivious to working at height, high above central Birmingham. 26th January 1954
Letting the boss down. Up on the hills of Hampstead Green a sewer is being relined and Mrs Stride the sewer foreman goes up and down the 25 foot hole by holding on to the hook of a crane
The bonfire that Windsor children had built on Batchelors Acre for Guy Fawkes night was burned down by Guardsmen. Pictured
Window cleaning in Park Lane, London. 10th April 1954
Window cleaners at work. 10th February 1954
Staff at The Co-operative Bank, John Frost Square, Newport, have started getting hot behind the counter... so special dispensation has been given for them to wear shorts instead of their bank
An elephant at London Zoo. 29th December 1954
Ba Fire Truck at London Heathrow Airport, 10th March 1970
Middlesbrough 0-2 Leeds, Division Two league match at Ayresome Park, Saturday 9th December 1989. Concerns of overcrowding in Block D, Away Supporters
Fireman Keith Hope (left) and Leading Fireman Lin Ball (rear) help to get the fire safety message across to children as part of National Fire Safety Week
FA Cup Third Round match at The Valley. Charlton Athletic 7 v Burton Albion 0. Young fans lift the pre-floodlights gloom. 7th January 1956
Guides from Crosland Moor and Crosland Hill have combined to take a course to prepare them for the fire-fighting badge. Guides are being shown breathing apparatus by leading fire-fighter David
Testing out home made diving equipment, with crowds watching. Wiltshire. Circa 1945
White Star Line liner RMS Olympic, sistership of the ill fated Titanic seen here having her funnels painted during her yearly refit at Southampton docks circa November 1932
Two million working hours without an accident resulting in lost time has given ICI employees the chance to boost Cleveland charities
Skateboarding at the Lightfoot Stadium in Walker, on 26th February 1978
Action from the Super Skate 78 chamionships at Albermarle Barracks, Ouston, with Andrew Hibbard of Corbridge making a trial run through the slalom on 1st July 1978
17-year-old John Millard from Killingworth on a skateboard on 26th July 1989
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
Steeplejack David Stone at work on Lindisfarne Castle on 11th November 1988
A steeplejack repairing a chuch spire on 2nd May 1968
F W Reed DM Staff Photographer Sewer Workers mobile washroom, Deptford, London. Risk of infection has been cut to the minimum by the cleaning facility and clothing storage
Steeplejacks on their way up the Byker Destructor Chimney, to do repairs on 9th January 1948. The Chimney is 150 feet high
Steeplejacks scaling the dizzy heights of Messrs. Dampneys paint works chimney at Shieldfield, Newcastle on 23rd September 1937, scene of a recent disastrous blaze
