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The County Museum at Warwick became a battleground for an afternoon when members of Birmingham Wargamers Association re-enacted Waterloo for a large gathering of children. Mr
People gambling and playing roulette in a casino in May 1967
In just two minutes, 10 year old Ian Dyer achieves what many adults fail to manage after years of blood, sweat and tears - solve the mystery of the Rubiks Cube in April 1981
Gateshead sixth formers raised more than £200 with a sponsored marathon Monopoly inGateshead sixth formers raised more than £ 200 with a sponsored marathon Monopoly in November 1980
Master sleuth Martha Kessler, 12, from Gilesgate, Durham who is practising for theCluedo champ of Great Britain competitiom in April 1977
Tuesday evening in the Durant Hall, Newcastle and brains are in top gear for the Scrabble competition in November 1977
Bricklayer Allan Wilson will "go to jail"for a crime of having a winning wayBricklayer Allan Wilson will " go to jail" for a crime of having a winning way with words. Allan wrote a catchy slogan to win through to the British Monopoly Championship in August 1979
Marian Dash at the Vaux World Shove Ha penny Championships in Durham in August 1983
Students playing the new Chinese board game GOin April 1977
Sherrill Crabtree deals the cards at the Black jack tables in the newly opened Casino Royal in Newcastle in January 1978
Monopoly championships held at the nuclear power station at Oldbury near Bristol in September 1977
People gambling and playing roulette in a casino in August 1971
Youths play on a Space Invaders machine in Newcastle in December 1980
Young people playing on a one armed bandit or electronic gaming machine in September 1983
A bookie changing the odds at the racetrack in April 1995
Geraldine Hodson spins the wheel at the roulette table in the newly opened Casino Royal in Newcastle in January 1978
Phil Middlemiss with the Newcastle and Gateshead edition of Monopoly
The latest pastime to his Tyneside in January 1979 is the Chinese board game simply called GO
A roulette table and wheel
All the money in the world could not keep Michael Brimer (left) and Gordon Brown from falling asleep in their attemp on the world Monopoly record in June 1978
Here is the latest novelty - The "Peto"a new game in France - where balls areHere is the latest novelty - The " Peto" a new game in France - where balls are thrown by feet
The Reverend Geoffrey Smith, the vicar of St. Michaels and All Angels Church in Lilleshall, Shropshire, painting one of his model buses. April 1975 75-02158-002
Angling. Anglers Alan Hall(left) and Ronald Prince set for a good days haul at Draycote Water, Warwickshire. 21st April 1989
Angling. Young boys sitting on a bridge parapet fishing in the River Leam at Leamington. 1st September 1970
Angling. The village of Thurlaston gazes down on Draycote Water on a balmy day in May. 16th May 1986
Angling. Under the cool shade of trees, a fisherman looks on at yachts as they cut close im shore after turning at the buoy on Earlswood Reservoir, Solihull. 17th July 1967
Angling. A young boy fishing with his father at Coombe Abbey pool. 29th December 1987
What a whopper! This 36 and a half pound salmon was landed on the river Wye by Coventry angler Billy Lane yesterday. Lane caught the massive salmon at Martins Pool, between Hereford and Monmouth
Angling and sailing at Draycote Water, East Warwickshire. 13th May 1976
Angling. Young boy fishing in the River Leam at Leamington. 1st September 1970
A young angler wearing a panama hat fishing in the Grand Union Canal between Rickmansworth and Watford. Circa 1950
Family fishing at the reservoir near Aldenham Hertfordshire
Angling. A fisherman sits patiently waiting for a bite at Kingsbury Water Park, North Warwickshire. 27th September 1979
Catch of the day. Old man Thames gave a rich harvest when fishermen at the Westminster part of the river landed forty fish in four hours
A Great Plaice for Fishing. St Annes on Sea, Lancashire, had a problem with their open air swimming pool
Youngsters Danny Woodhouse and Ian Mannering seen here fishing. Danny appears to have caught a whopper of fish. 22nd August 1983
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
Anglers gathered at Wilfreds Pond near Hose in the Vale of Belvoir, popular with miners from Nottingham. 24th July 1977
An angler from the Soho Firestation seen here fishing off a barge moored close to Battersea Bridge. 14th September 1969
Tip for all anglers... the ponies are biting really well. This wasn t exactly the bite that angler Ian Prytherch hoped for when he set out for a days sport on Dartmoor Devon
Mr Tom Thomson a civil engineer who lives in Fritton is an expert angler. He recently started a school for fishing at his home on the banks of the River Waveney. Suffolk
Look out fish! A group of boys aged between ten and fourteen years seen here at Wraysbury, Buckinghamshire being taught how to fish
Young roller skaters are taking part in a roller skaters variety show
Children enjoy skating on the ice at Welchs Meadow, Leamington. 17th February 1969
A game of bingo being played at the Rialto casino, Coventry. The photograph was part of a feature on Coventrys gambling craze. 30th August 1962
Brian Powton wears flippers adn an aqualung for the 10th hole of his local golf course. Brians underwater collections make him popular with the youngsters at Seahouses Golf Club
A diver showing the equipment that is needed for this hobby
Vince Rice acts as referee for divers Fred Earl and Terry Hart during the underwater chess match
Bill Hall (Rebel), Ronnie Duffy (Buffalo), Mervyn Greener and Graham Toward (Bronco) playing cards at the Gunfighters Cowboy Club, Jarrow
Les Davis (Rio) takes on harry Callaghan (Colorado) at the Gunfighters Cowboy Club, Jarrow
Alex "The General"Duncan from Motherwell in his uniformAlex " The General" Duncan from Motherwell in his uniform
Members of the Hedwoth Gun Fighters Club line-up ready for action
Members of the Hedworth Gunfighters Club line up for a parade
Mean looking prairemen Colin Heslop, George Mills and Harry Pattinson at the Gunfighters Cowboy Club, Jarrow
Christopher Todd and Lucille Todd with George Todd and Tracy Ann Slaters in their Civil War ball gowns of the Gunfighters Cowboy Club, Jarrow
Les Davis (Rio) took on Harry Callaghan (Colorado) and Colorado bt the dust ot the Gunfighters Cowboy Club, Jarrow
Eight year old Adam Brunskill is one of the fastest guns around, with a Bar One M sidekick John Farnsworth
Quick on the draw, thats Les Davis
You would think this was the wild west and not South Shields in the North East of England at a country music festival
Country and western fan Stella Jones showing of some of her clothes she sells in her shop in Whitley Bay
Members of the Hedwoth Gun Fighters Club line-up ready for action. Rio and Little Joe practising for a quick draw
Gun totting outlaws drew a big crowd at a country music festival in South Shields
Members of the Longhorn Cowboy Club staging a fight at the South Shields Flower Show in 1979
Boys Brigade members Kevin Stafford, aged 13, of High Laws Gardens
Newcastle branch of the Boys Brigade march from Westmorland Road Presbyterian Church for their annual church parade
The white family who are all involved in the Boys Brigade, David is a member of the pipe band, Mr. Colin White is Captain of the 12th South lSheilds Company, Mrs
Two Boys Brigade members showing off the new uniforms
The Boys Brigade dosing a display of tent erection at Gatesheads Trinity Square precinct
Local boys of the Boys Brigade handling luggage for visiting delegates
An early stone Newcastle Stout bottle
A buyer examines bottles at the Geordie Bottle Rally in Jarrow Hall
Dave Gegg with part of his collection of old bottles
This bottle was found in the mud on the banks of the Tyne and the lablel indicates it was Genuine Dublin Stout but bottled in Newcastle
Businessman Gordon Litherland travelled from Bruton--on-Trent to Newcastle to buy bottles for his collection
Arthur Rowland at his bottle business which is popular with collectors
Young boy making a model replica of the HMS Victory, the ship of Lord Horatio Nelson. October 1952 C5179
Model Ship Maker Issac March. November 1952 C5678
Artful Thames swans win a tasty meal. Brian Adams 9 and Michael Mitchell 10 keen youngArtful Thames swans win a tasty meal
Escaped golden eagle. Telescopes, glasses and eyes were all trained on the Golden Eagle perched up on a tree in Regents Park near Chester Gate. February 1965 P018652
Easterby Cook club steward of the Seaton Delaval club with some of his collection of bottles
Teacher Mike Pickering with his collection of Victorian bottles
Ten year old Tracy Milles looks after her dads bottle stall
An excavator uncovered these old bottles from breweries all over the North East. Peter McArdle and Kenny Gibson witha few of their bottle haul