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Members of 617 squadron toast Wing Commander Guy Gibson and Mrs Gibson after the investiture. June 22nd 1943

The British Bombardier Cargo ship towering over the surrounding warehouses at Clyde Dockyard, Glasgow, with dockers playing football underneath her bow, 5th April 1962

Australian troops land at Jacquinot Bay in New Britain, Papua New Guinea during the battle in the Far East in the Second World War

Abandoned Vehicle, on the Guisborough to Whitby A171 Moor Road, Teesside, 13th February 1978

Wrestler Geoff Condliffe known as Count Bartelli lifting a car. May 1980 P005662

Obese fat man tries to dive into swimming pool next to small boy. Circa 1980

Using timber which is of no use for war production, a game of Land Army girls at Bywell near Newcastle Upon Tyne are supplying wood to keep the home fires burning

British Troops Push Beyond Seine. Pioneers working on radio drainage in the pouring rain. 1st September 1944

A tranquil Newcastle scene, but already there are warning songs are up at the Armstrong Bridge, unable to bear the traffic which, was diverted to the steep gradient on the right. 12th April 1926

A picturesque view of the Armstrong Bridge, Newcastle, which is considered inadequate for the increasing heavy traffic from the city to the coast

Walton Hall Park in Walton, Liverpool, Merseyside, a 130-acre park, opened to the public in 1934. Pictured, about to launch their fathers yacht are Martin Dodd 3

Annie Selina Pirie (34) from Lymington Hants, with her new born baby son Ian Keith Pirie, who weighed 15lbs 2ozs when born at Southampton Maternity Unit, pictured 6th February 1962

Engineers at the Bristol Siddeley factory working on the Rolls Royce Olympus engine, the power behind Concorde. March 1967

Scene from the play The Cabaret Girl. 5th October 1922

In 1973, Bellingham newsagent Frank Mattinson found a calvatia maxima - otherwise known as a giant puffball. Frank, above right

Return of SS Great Britain 4th July 1970

Lifeboats which have been damaged by coastal gales being overhauled by workmen at a London lifeboat dock. 24th January 1937

Liner SS Karanja being constructed by Alexander Stephen and Son Ltd, Glasgow, for use in New Zealand. January 1948

Children from the village of Longarish pull along a giant teddy bear on a trolley through the village streets to be stored in an outhouse

Tank Corps unloading armoured cars at Shanghai, China as workmen help to pull the cargo during the Civil War China April 1927

Russian artillery entrenched during their battle against the Austro-Hungarian army on the Eastern front in World War One Circa August 1914

R. A. F Liberators bomb a Japanese train 15 miles south of Anim
R.A.F Liberators bomb a Japanese train 15 miles south of Anim, on the Pegu-Ye railway line in Burma. The train was carrying retreating Japanese troops and oil supplies. 13th June 1945

Lulu the baby elephant at Chessington Zoo, was weighed-in, for Lulu was the star of a competition organised by Tyne Brand, for contestants to judge what Lulus weight would be on this date

Mrs. Mary Fagan carrying a large sack of coal on her back at St. Helens March 1939 P017801

Five foot woman does coalmans job. Mrs. Pittock is a bright and willing little woman and when the coalman employed by Mr. E

The Oriana after being launched at Barrow by Princess Alexandra. 3rd November 1959

Liner SS Karanja being constructed by Alexander Stephen and Son Ltd, Glasgow, for use in New Zealand, January 1948

"Aby"of Fleetwood, the first post War trawler built at Beverley, Hull
" Aby" of Fleetwood, the first post War trawler built at Beverley, Hull, being launched broadside into the river Hull. 21st September 1945

Freddie the Yorkshire Terrier tries his hand at weightlifting with his masters barbell. May 1963

Pictures taken at the Open Cast Coal Mine at Mitchesons Gill, near Durham, where a six foot thick seam of coal is being worked which lies beneath 70 of shale and other deposits

Workers wearing protective clothing at Dounreay Atomic Reactor near Thurso, Scotland Circa 1955

A worker wearing protective clothing at Dounreay Atomic Reactor near Thurso, Scotland Circa 1955

Mrs Violet Nixon works in a Yorkshire Foundry metal industry September 1947

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