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11 year old Simon Florence concentrates hard in his chess match
Two men playing chess
Mrs. Connor of The Black Horse Inn, Barlow, County Durham with the chess set that is very popular in their pub
Children concentrating on their chess boards and each other at chess club
Chess master Mike Basman playing 30 games at once at North Shields Chess clubs 40th anniversary
Schoolboy Tim Wall crowned his victory in a junior chess championship when he defeated a former British champion in a senior tournament
The Evening Chronicles chess columnist "The Bishop"The Evening Chronicles chess columnist " The Bishop" faces up to a challenge from 10 year old Kirstey Williams
Check mate... The games up for one competitor in the mid Northumberland chess congressCheck mate..... The games up for one competitor in the mid Northumberland chess congress
Former Conservative Party leader Ted Heath at the helm of Morning Cloud yacht. May 1975
Record collector: Mr. Brodetsky a Leeds record collector seen here with his collection. 1955 A147-003
The Reverend Geoffrey Smith, the vicar of St. Michaels and All Angels Church in Lilleshall, Shropshire, painting one of his model buses. April 1975 75-02158-005
Record collector: Mr. Brodetsky a Leeds record collector seen here with his collection. 1955 A147-002
Leamington youngsters are enjoying their Christmas presents - skateboards, in Jephson Gardens. 30th December 1977
Toboggaaining over the snow at The Grove, Kenilworth Road, Coventry. 3rd January 1963
Pensioner John Potter has lost the heart for his life-long hobby of kleek growing after his latest show crop was deliberately destroyed in August 1984
Peter Rhodes who is a competitor in the Beamish Museum Leek Show with two of his exhibits in September 1996
Gardener Paul Harrigans facination with growing giant vegetables clinched him a place in the recrod books when he shattered the previous best for the worlds heaviest pot leek
Leek grower Alan Rowntree is pulling out all the stops to protect his prize leeks in August 1981. He has installed floodlighting and puts in all night vigils to fend of theives
One of the many leek and flower shows that take place in the North East in September 1998
A gardener on the Ponteland allotments where his competition leeks and onions were ripped up overnight in August 1995
Everyone is talking Tribbles and Klingons at the Crest Hotel in Newcastle, as it plays host to the Gallieo Con III, otherwise known as the 22nd British Star Trek Convention 22 August 1986 A trekkie
A general view of a leek and flower show at the Lancastian Suite of the Federation Brewery in Dunston, Gateshead in September 1997
Joe Jones has done it again in September 1983. For the second year running Joe, of Stanhope in County Durham has won the Federation Cup
A travelling library in March 1985 gives people in outlying areas a chance to browse and shows just what can be done with a commercial vehicle
Steve White with his giant prize winning leeks in September 1994
A jubilant Patricia Hall with husband Tom at their Blyth allotment. Patricias leeks were prize winners unlike Toms in September 1994
A judge measuring one of the gigantic prize winning leeks in September 1997
Warwickshire Girl Guide patrol leaders marching to a service held in their jubilee camp at Packington Park, near Meriden. 6th June 1960
A Steam engine rally in full flow at Hinckley, Leicestershire. 5th September 1983
Members of the Northumbria Gliding Club with their new Rumanian glider the 1828B in which they hope to set some new club height and distance records in March 1977
A glider at Northumbria Gliding club getting positioned for take off in February 1995
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. 12 year old Paul Ellis of Longhirst, West Denton
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
