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Thrill seekers have found a new way of living dangerously - on the steep slopes of a seaside park. Hurtling down a bank at 40 m.p.h. is the latest craze to hit South Shields
Chango the skateboarding Jack Russell Terrier on 13th December 1981
Action from the Super Skate 78 chamionships at Albermarle Barracks, Ouston, with Andrew Hibbard of Corbridge making a trial run through the slalom on 1st July 1978
17-year-old John Millard from Killingworth on a skateboard on 26th July 1989
Mark Howard demonstrates his skateboarding skill to an appreciative audience at West Denton on 4th January 1978
Scott Greenwood on a Snakeboard on 30th August 1994
Steam traction engines come out of the pits to take part in the events at the North of England Steam Traction Engine Rally at Thornaby on 11th June 1960
Into the arena come some of the mighty steam giants at the steam traction engine rally near Chester-le-Street on 10th July 1971
Tom Weatherell with his vintage 10-ton steam roller Resolution on 26th March 1978
A vintage 1947 steam roller being restored by Joe Shiel, left, and Malcolm Alexander at Walker Middle Street School on 7th March 1988
The traction engine Repulse making her way to High Haswell Farm, Haswell on 15th October, 1953, where the organiser of the North of England Steam Traction Engine society intends to give Repulse a
A taste of nostalgia as one of the engines that is appearing at the Corbridge Steam Rally trundles over the lovely old stone bridge across the Tyne at Corbridge on 12th June 1988
Redcar Steel Gala on 5th July 1986. Queing up... a popular attraction at the gala proved to be this 1913 Burrel Showmans Engine, owned by Richard Preston of Prestons of Potto near Northallerton
This traction engine steam roller is taking people for a ride in a trailer on 19th May 1973
Small is beautifull... Richard Doran (left) makes final adjustments to his miniature traction engine with the help of mechanic Ray Stephens, at Meadowfield Vintage Rally on 19th June 1988
A little girl watching a fairground orgon at the Vintage Car and Steam Engine show at Corbridge on 12th June 1994
Most drivers prefer to wait for the weekend before letting off steam. But not Malcolm Bell. For Malcolm spends the whole week getting all steamed up by driving one of the North-Easts last working
Tractors line up at the Vintage Car and Steam Engine Show at Corbridge on 12th June 1994
Full steam ahead for a traction engine rally, are Mr H Beethorpe and his partner in Princess Royal on 13th June 1958
A steam roller lying derelict in Longbenton, Newcastle on 20th February 1966
One of the Northumberland County Councils fleet of Steam Rollers on 16th February 1976
A Fowler traction engine on 15th June 1979 being taken through its paces by Mr Hubert Nixon, President of the South tyne Traction Engine Society on a field at Anick Grange Farm near Hexham
The traction engine Dreadnaught being use to power a fairground organ on 10th June 1966
Auctioneers receptionist Janice Coulthard admires some of the model steam and traction engines on 26th July 1985, made by former pit electrician and lifelong modelmaker Ron Ibbertson
There was a ceremonial tear-up of L-plates on 3rd October 1967 when Mr John Arnott Brown passed his driving test on a 15-ton steam roller
A steam roller at County Technical College in Ashington on 10th March 1965
The traction engine Providence on 19th August 1965
Richard Doran steaming ahead on his miniature traction engine at Durhams Vintage Rally on 20th June 1988
Full steam ahead as this engine is put in trim for the North of England Steam Traction Societys rally at Chester-le-Street on 6th July 1968
The traction engine The Iron Maiden at Sunderland on 19th August 1992
A school project really got rolling in Newcastle on 28th November 1986. With Paul Hilditch of Walker School at the wheel as (left to right) Sapper Henry Leadbitter, Sgt
William Marshall, division inspector for weights and measure, Hexham gives George Ryerley, of Walton Hall, Stamfordham an envelope with the weight of his steam roller Highland Lass on 2nd June 1972
Back on the tracks this replica of the Rocket which attended the Rainhill trilas atBack on the tracks.. this replica of the Rocket which attended the Rainhill trilas at Manchester, and has just returned from America
Some old steam rollers lying in wait to be renovated on 4th February 1961
Company director Mr Charles Glenn has achieved his lifelong ambition - he has bought and 11-ton traction engine on 24th March 1964
The Busy Bee, with his owner, Dr J L Middlemiss, of Bellingham at the controls, takes the road for Lambton Park, Chester-le-Street, on 3rd July 1957 where a Traction Engine Rally is being held
Steam and smoke fill the air at the Whitley Bay Steam Engine Rally on 14th August 1982
George Byerley on 7th 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
Margaret Younger, of Birtley, shows her skill at the wheel at a display held by the North of England Steam Traction Engine Society at Dunkirk Farm, Birtley, on 9th June 1962
Traction engine mad John Bainbridge who is hoping to restore this steam engine to its full glory on 22nd May 1995
To a casual passer-by a small area off the village square in Newbottle, County Durham, looks like a steam rollers graveyard on 4th February 1964
The Busy Bee Traction Engine on 3rd July 1957 on its way to Lambton Park, Chester-le-Street where a Traction Engine Rally is being held
Old Roly is dying, deserted and derelict and lies rusting away at the Church Walk play park in Morpeth on 24th July 1980. Now safety experts at Castle Morpeth Council say the old boy is in such bad
A little boy trying our a miniature tractor on show among the traction engines at the Vintage Car and Steam Engine Show at Corbridge on 12th June 1994
Steam Roller Brenda (1920 vintage) with the two men who have given her a new lease of life on 17th February 1962
Rock and Roll dancers jiving on the dance floor at a Jerry Lee Lewis concert at the Mayfair Ballroom on 14th February 1980
Battle re-enactments - Members of the English Civil War Society as The Roundheads and Cavaliers battle it out at Warkworth Castle, in Northumberland 7 August 1994
The residents of the West End of Newcastle playing old English games at the Denton Burn Community Centre Medieval Fayre on Sunday, July 7, 1974
