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Miners leader Arthur Scargill faced questions from an audience selected by a leading market research organisation to represent a cross-section of Britains voters
Arthur Scargill at the Ramsgate Miners Rally, Kent. 20th November 1984
Yorkshire mineworkers leader Arthur Scargill has it on a plate. He has challenged a nuclear scientist to an eating contest which will involve him eating coal if the challenge is taken up
Fishmonger Tommy Letton with his barrow in Butetown, Cardiff. 16th February 1960
Richard Branson launches the Virgin Atlantic Challenger II. Lowestoft, Suffolk. 14th May 1986
Richard Branson and co-pilot Per Lindstrand pictured in Southern Japan, hoping to make the 6200 mile trip to America in two days in a balloon. This is the pairs third attempt at the crossing
Section of A19 is lifted into position, Middlesbrough, Circa 1973. Harvey Plant Hire
The launch of the Virgin Atlantic Challenger II. Lowestoft, Suffolk. 14th May 1986
Richard Branson aboard his houseboat / office at Maida Vale, LondonRichard Branson aboard his houseboat/office at Maida Vale, London, with his baby daughter Holly. 31st July 1982
Richard Branson and other members of the crew from The Virgin Atlantic Challenger which sank 100 miles off the Scillies. He and his crew of eight were trying to break the Atlantic crossing record
Richard Branson with his parents after being rescued from The Virgin Atlantic Challenger, which sank 100 miles off the Scillies
Co-founder of Virgin Atlantic Airways, Randolph Fields, which will be offering flights to New York for £ 99. 29th February 1984
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother visits Heinz Factory, Wigan. 26th June 1959
Scenes at Hills Bakery, Middlesbrough. 1977
Cowies Redcar, Vauxhall Dealership, Trunk Road, Redcar, North Yorkshire, England, July 1993
The Prince of Wales inspecting some of finished project at the Hoover factory in Merthyr. 4th February 1977
Every washing machine made by Hoover at their Pentrebach, Merthyr, factory are given a running test before they leave the production line
Away with the old, and all that is left of Cornelia Street, Splott, is the brick and timber rubble that was once the home of many families, now gone to other districts of the city
Dereliction in Pontypridd Street, Splott. 11th September 1975
A miner enjoying the newly installed showers at Askern Colliery near Doncaster, South Yorkshire. This Bevin Boy is Bill Thomas
A photograph of a group of Bevin Boy miners receiving their equipment on their first day at Askern Coliiery near Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Englands new sugar industry. The beet sugar industry in England has received a decided fillip by the large factory built at Newark in which the Government holds half the capital
1960 Film Peeping Tom, behind the scenes filming at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, Monday 30th November 1959. Peeping Tom, a psychological horror thriller film directed by Michael Powell
The Smithy at Ponteland - a typically rural scene. This forge bears the date 1822. Circa 1930
Reptile snake skins. A new west of England industry. Pictured, women measuring finished python skins. 13th January 1933
Men look down from the mast of a tall ship. Circa 1925
Delabole Slate Quarry in Cornwall, is one of the largest Quarries in England. Floors and roofing are the main things for which the skate is used. The quarry goes down to a depth of 500 feet
Making puns on his name is the occupation of Mr Alfred Sparkes. Hes an electrical engineer at Collyhurst, Manchester. 11th October 1935
Easington Colliery workers. Circa 1977
The entrance to the main drift at the Belsay Colliery, Northumberland, it is now three-quarters of a mile in length, and has 250 feet of cover. That is the depth of the surface to the coal
Mr Uncle the pawnbroker. 8th November 1935
Bowater Paper Mills Ltd. Wet end of paper machine, showing new material passing over machine wire. November 1935
Penlee stone quarry, Newlyn, Cornwall. Rock-boring machine driven by compressed air drilling a hole for an explosive charge
The tip at the old Prince of Wales colliery at Abercarn is being leveled to make an industrial estate. August 1968
Langley Park Colliery, near Durham, where a number of men were injured by runaway tubs. 8th May 1930
Parc Level Mine, Rhiwfawr, Swansea Valley. A tram of coal is brought out by Kenyon Guinn. 18th April 1967
A man making stone models from rock, Cornwall. One of the industries of Penzance is making souvenirs for visitors out of serpentine rock. This rock is to be found out at The Lizard
Tranmere Oil Terminal, showing the tanks under construction. circa 1960
Cargo Fleet iron works closure. Circa 1971
Scenes at the Ford motor factory in Dagenham, Essex showing cars parked outside the factory after coming off the production line. The Mark 1 Cortina. 24th January 1964
Thorne Island, set a quarter-of-a-mile off the Milford Haven shore, is up for sale - asking price £ 300, 000. 4th August 1989
Blaenau Ffestiniog is a historic mining town in the historic county of Merionethshire, Wales, 13th May 1968
The drinks were on Sue Kay, Lowcocks promotions girl, at Teesside Small Business Club Exhibition, Sue was helping out on the soft drinks firm stand at the exhibition. 11th October 1983
Lowcocks bottling plant, Middlesbrough. 6th January 1983
The Motor Show, 1930, at Empire Hall, Olympia London, Among the cars launched at this show was The Bentley 8 Litre, Picture taken 17th October 1930
The Motor Show, 1961 at Earls Court, London, The 1961 Motor Show saw the Humber Super Snipe Series III and Lea-Francis Lynx launched, Picture taken 17th October 1961
The Motor Show, 1935, at Olympia London. Centre is the Fiat stand displaying the new Fiat 1500 car. Picture taken 25th October 1935
The first car on the production line at Ford motor plant in Dagenham following the strike. 20th March 1969
