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Knights jousting at Lumley Castle, Chester-le-Street in May 1972
A Viking longboat arriving on the river Tyne for the Newcastle Regatta in July 1980
The Sealed Knot Society organised an encounter between Cavaliers and Roundheads at the bridgehead over the river in the early stages of the siege of Warwick Castle which took place at dusk
The 1st Rowlands Gill Girl Guide Company had something to celebrate when two of their members, Susan Swan and Shirley Best, received their Queens Guide Award in April 1972
Nine year old Marion Scott in a 1974 Brownie Uniform. The current tinic costs about £ 1.50, the tie 18p and the beret 35p
A bookie and a cashier in a betting shop with some winning tickets in April 1996
A three year effort has finally paid off for Girl Guides Susan Cole (left), Anne Hyde (centre) and Jill Henderson
Malcolm Hancock is only three years old but he beat a dozen fishermen during a recent fishing contest. He keeps his mum supplied with a constant supply of freshly caught fish. 2nd May 1990
Barry Collier and Chris Poupard seen here at Aveley Lake with their catch of four five pond rainbow trout. 16th May 1987
A fisherman prepares his rod beside a river in Kent. Circa 1946
A competitor in the Daily MIrror Angling Competition at Surrey Docks, London. Sitting on his tackle box beside one of the rusting mooring points on the now dis used wharf. 10 th June 1977
An old gentleman studying a chess board
Both mother and child are getting on well with the new library push trolley so there will be no running around and making a nuisance of himself for this little one in November 1970
Fishing for tiddlers at Mill Gardens, Leamington Spa. 8th August 1972
Jack Curtis and Bill Keal fishing together on the banks of the River Stour. Bill Keal has bedded down for the night, prepared for a long wait as he dead baits for a monster poke
Fisherman Ray Mumford seen here with his catch. 26th October 1967
Young roller skaters lace up their boots and chat back stage as they prepare to take part in a roller skaters variety show
Eileen Bennett, 16 year old secretary at Beamish Museum with just a small part of the bottle collection there
The exposed lakebed at Oldbury Reservoir, near Atherstone, North Warwickshire. Anglers risk a mud danger as they persue shaols of fish trapped in the dwindling area of water. 19th July 1976
Children sitting on a wall looking at trains arriving and departing from Barnwell Junction railway station. 14th April 1965
Phantom Squadron CB Radio Group, Neil Robinson with fellow members of the club, based in Middlesbrough, 16th February 1983
Salmon fishing in the Dee at Llangollen, North Wales. An 18lb Salmon caught below the bridge. May 1932
Five boys who went out looking for tiddlers and landed a 12 lb, three foot long pike. Left to right, Ian Shaw (8), Stephen Jones (12), Christopher Shaw (12), Antony Lockett (10) and Kevin Thomas (9)
The first London International Inventions Exhibition, held at Londons Royal Horticultural New Hall, Westminster
Liverpool goalkeeper Tommy Lawrence enjoying a round of golf at Leigh Golf Club ahead of his wedding. 14th July 1963
Record producer Stan Kelly chats with Liverpool footballer Ian Callaghan while teammates (left to right:) Roger Hunt, Tommy Smith, Geoff Strong and Tommy Lawrence relax over a hand of cards
Pigeon racing season starts in Brotton, North Yorkshire. 1972
Liverpool footballer Ron Yeats (centre) enjoying a round of golf. July 1970
SBAC Farnborough Air Show 1952 The Supermarine Swift takes off for a demonstration flight. September 1952
Scenes of boys fishing at Keston Ponds, Kent. 9th January 1964
City clerks embroidering and crossword puzzling in St Pauls Churchyard. 12th March 1954
Thelma Barlow, Mavis in Coronation Street, gardening at home Settle, North Yorkshire. 5th March 1993
Denis Healey at leisure in his study at his home in Sussex, sorting through some of the many colour transparencies that he has taken. 30th May 1985
Start of Fishing Season, Reading, June 1980
Fulham footballer Alan Mullery with teammates enjoying some recreational time bowling at Hove. 29th March 1962
England footballer Joe Baker of Arsenal, replacement for the injured Jimmy Greaves
Children fishing in the lake at Albert Park, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. Circa 1979
Families enjoy bird watching at Billingham Beck Country Park. 30th May 1994
ICI Train Preservation, 4th January 1994. Dave Pearson with the A2 No. 60532 Blue Peter Locomotive designed by Arthur H Peppercorn of the LNER
Its World Cup fever as the teams line up - every bit as much as it will be for tonights England-West Germany clash
Billy Lane owner of Lane Fishing seen here in his Much Park Street circa 1959
This man enjoys a smoke as he waits patiently for a bite as he fishes in the Coventry Canal. West Midlands, 17th July 1967
These young lads are having fun fishing with a net in the Coventry Canal at the Cashs Lane bridge, Foleshill, Coventry. West Midlands, 17th July 1967
An elderly fisherman on the banks of the river Lea at Ware in Hertfordshire circa 1963
The yarn spinners... Mrs Marie Cooper demonstrates the art of spinning to a group of children who visited the Tolson Museum at Moldgreen for a farming craft workshop
Checkmates... These youngsters were among 35 cubs from the Holme Valley district competing in a chess tournament at Netherthong Primary School
Akela Mrs Jacqueline Sill, of Meltham, has been honoured for nearly 16 years service to Scouting
Pond fishing season opens at Hampstead with good catches of tadpoles and frogs
The Cage and village pond in Shenley, Hertfordshire. The Cage, also known as a lock-up a domed-shaped building which served as a temporary prison for those accused of offences in the village
Helen Charlesworth, Sejal Shah and Kim Rowley take part in crafts at the international Brownie Revels at Birchencliffe Parish Hall
Graeme Duffin, Ben Eldon, Mark Purves and Jaonne Day are among 125 from all over West Yorkshire taking part in a scouts gang show at Halifax Civic Theatre. 13th January 1990
Children sailing their toy yachts on the Round Pond in Kensington Gardens, London, 25th August 1947
Children and adults sailing their toy yachts on the Round Pond in Kensington Gardens, London, 25th August 1947
A Viking long boat arriving in Blyth Harbour on 22nd July 1980
Peter, the York Viking, outside the Jorvik Centre, York on 27th
Two Viking long ships on the river Tyne on 24th July 1980
A Viking long ship miakes it way up the river Tyne on 21st July 1980
The "Guizer Jarl", or Viking Chieftain, Mr Willie Peterson pictured outsideThe " Guizer Jarl", or Viking Chieftain, Mr Willie Peterson pictured outside the Scotch House in Knightsbridge, London on 22nd May 1970
Vikings charging round Newcastle city centre on 17th March 1973
Gordon Payne looks ready to rape, fire and pillage as he lands with other Norsemen on the North-East coast
Colin the Viking on Bamburgh beach on 20th February 1990 a sight for the tourists
A Viking scene recreated at the Jorvik Centre in York on 28th June 1987
A Viking about to deliver the final blow in a struggle with a Saxon at a Viking battle re-enactment at South Shields on 26th August 1973
A medieval battle at St Marys Hospital, Stannington on 21st September 1970. The Saxon King Alan Benche from Easington (left) gains victory over the Viking Chief David McGroarty during the battle
Jim Nicholson (left) and Magnus Simpson, dressed in Viking costume arriving at Blyth Harbour on 22nd July 1980
Viking John Haswell invading England on 10th December 1972
All good wholesome violence at the South Shields Viking battle re-enactment by members of the History club. Here an Anglo Saxon is seen off by a Viking Raider on 26th August 1973
Vikings at Lindisfarne Island on 17th June 1993. Vik Sigurd (Kevin Orchard) The Viking (left) battles it out with an Anglo Saxon
a bit of action is all in the game. Members of the Norse Film Pageant Society, who dress up and act like Vikings on 23td June 1984
George Byerley on 2th May 1986 with his Marshall twin cylinder portable steam engine which is driving a Ransomes heavy duty threshing machine which in turn is driving a Jones wire bailer
Resolution the 12 ton steam roller puffed its way from New Herrington, near Sunderland, to Newcastle in an amazing six hours on 31st August 1979
These veteran traction engines were waiting with steam up to race at the rally at Lambton Park, Chester-le-Street on 13th July 1957
Andrew Fogon, left, and David Wright of the Walker Steam Project, with a steam roller outside the Science Museum in Newcastle on 16th October 1989
A vintage Aveling and Banford steam roller on 6th July 1976
Sounds and smell of steam as the entrants prepare their traction engines for the grand paraged at the South Tyne Steam Rally on 11th June 1988
Jack Makepeace, Junior, drives his vehible puffing past obstacles in a race at the Traction Engine Rally in Lambton Park, Chester-le-Street on 15th June 1958
Mr Bill Weeks, complete with top hat, gets ready with a red flag to start the steam traction engine race at Birtley, between Councillor D Smith
A traction engine at the Vintage Car and Steam Engine Show at Corbridge on 12th June 1994
A whiff of the atmosphere at Corbridge on 11th June 1988 at the annual Steam Traction Engine Rally
Philip Doran of Newton Aycliffe, with his miniature Burrell traction engine in action on 13th September 1993
This time its different chair for seven-year-old Graham Welsh, of Wallsend, as he takes the driving seat on this one-third scale steam engine
Action from South Shields skateboard park where American pros showed off their skills on 1st August 1994
Local youngsters enjoy new skateboarding equipment at the wheels-based activity centre Walker Wheels on 27th October 1986