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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
A young boy enjoys a 99 ice cream at Coventrys War Memorial Park, Coventry, during the carnival. 9th June 1984
Taken on the day of a boat rally. The Greyhound pub at Sutton Stop, Hawkesbury Junction. Coventry. 29th August 1987
A summer scene at Howdon Park with men playing bowls and children looking on. But behind them, the gas holder rears up like a monstrous monument to an age of ugliness
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
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
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
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
Monopoly championships held at the nuclear power station at Oldbury near Bristol in September 1977. 12 year old Paul Ellis of Longhirst, West Denton
Youths play on a Space Invaders machine in Newcastle in December 1980
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
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. It is played with a type of cone shaped goblet in plastic fixed to the foot by a band
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
Young roller skaters lace up their boots and chat back stage as they prepare to take part in a roller skaters variety show
Young roller skaters are taking part in a roller skaters variety show. The girls are all members of the Canley Roller Skating Club who have been skating this week at the Canley Youth
Children enjoy skating on the ice at Welchs Meadow, Leamington. 17th February 1969
A young boy and girl enjoy their ice creams at Wyken Slough pool, Coventry. Kely and Karl Thompson from Bell Green, have queued for a while to get their refreshments. 22nd April 1984
This young woman is ready and raring to go for a day out trekking and hill climbing
This young woman is enjoying her round of golf
A model sporting the latest in sports fashion
Boys Brigade members Kevin Stafford, aged 13, of High Laws Gardens, and Paul Consterdine of Birchfield Garden are putting the finishing touches to their new headquarters in Stocksfield called
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
