River Collection (#32)

Gateshead blasted back to the seventies with a special celebration to mark the towns part in the making of classic British film Get Carter, starring Michael Caine

Edwardian Fashions Henley Regatta July 1912 Ladies watch the rowers at the regatta from the comfort of their punt Holidays Clothing Women Dress Hats

A twin engined RAF Supermarine Stranraer (K3973) flying boat lying in the River Wear, after making a forced landing owing to bad visibility. 16/09/1936

Aerial view the Festival of Britain and its Dome of Discovery, June 1951

Air Sea rescue Westland Sea King Helicopter June 1995 of the Royal Air Force hovering over the river Thames in London beside Tower Bridge

Boats Chinese Junk Sea Parrott June 1961 sailing uder Tower Bridge into the Pool of London on the River Thames

Grovelands Park Southgate in Winter

Holidaymaker

Prince William at River Dee, Balmoral, August 1997 Wearing checked shirt open necked

Severn Bridge - Cars queue to use the Aust Severn ferry with the Severn Bridge towering in the background. The ferry will be no more once the bridge is completed - 10th Sept 1964

Bridge over the River Mease in Harlaston, Staffordshire

Crime Poaching August 1981 salmon bailiffs on bank of River Tweed holding nets

Construction on the new Scotswood Bridge over the river Tyne

Construction of the Tyne Bridge. A view from the river showing progress being made with the erection of the Tyne Bridge on the Gateshead side.01/01/28

Views - Trams and cars pass over the Jamaica Bridge in Glasgow circa 1966

Couple together amoung the lake and woods

Rowing - Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race - April 1928

Tower Bridge London and the St Katharines Dock Area of London

Children paddling on the foreshore below Tower Bridge July 1959

River Thames London April 1947 A Thames barge man gets ready to throw a rope from the quayside beside a barge filled with refuse from London

The bridge over the River Thames at Kingston upon Thames as the sun breaks through the morning mist on a late autumn day. Weather Boat moored to buoy Reflections Circa 1953 © Mirrorpix

Hammersmith Bridge is one of the bridges crossing the River Thames

The Burn is tranquil as it passes underneathe the bridge in the fading sunlight not far above Loch Lomond Bridges Brick Reflections on the water symmetry Circa 1955

The Forth Rail Bridge The Forth Bridge The Forth Bridge (Built 1890) was the largest span bridge in the world. The bridge took seven years to build

River Thames London April 1947 A Thames barge man gets ready to throw a rope from the quayside beside a barge filled with refuse from London

Lots Road power station in Chelsea. When built was the largest power station in the world with the ability to generate 120, 000 horsepower

Inventions Patrick Thomas invents the Horizontal water bicycle May 1972

Forth Railway Bridge June 1962 Framed by the Forth Bridge is the ferry that carries road traffic to and from North and South Queensferry

The Firth of Forth crossed by the Rail and Road bridges

Forth Road Bridge construction June 1962 Forth Railway Bridge

Whisky trail. Ian Lundy at Glen Grant distillery gardens in Scotland October 1999

Animals Birds Swans Swan
Animals Birds Swan

A schoolboy fishes in the Mill stream, Grove Mill near Watford Hertfordshire while his sister watches Circa 1949 © Mirrorpix

Cricketer Chris Broad fishing circa 1995

The pub sign outside The Bells of Buzeley Public House Pub in Windsor, Berkshire - In the background two men row on the river. Circa 1950

Forth Road Bridge construction June 1962 Wires being strung across the Forth as workman walking on boarding with the Forth Railway Bridge in background

Sailing Barges moored on the River Thames. September 1973

Youth Hostels Houghton Mill Young people fishing on the River Ouse Huntingdonshire outside the Youth Hostel Associations refurbished 16th century Elizabethan Mill on the river Ouse near St Ives

Mali Fisherman on the Niger River casting their nets circa 1993

Coracle Fisherman proudly shows his 20lb catch to his wife and children as they wait by the river bank - 1952 Coracles © Mirrorpix

The old bridge at Hadley Woods in Hertfordshire, the dappled sunlight playing on the water. Bridges Brick Reflections on the water symmetry Circa 1955 © Mirrorpix

Dolphins swimming in the River Clyde April 1999 porpoises play in the river

A seal spotted in the River Clyde at Dalmarnock sits on a rock and stares at the camera 1996

Dolphins swimming in the River Clyde April 1999

Seal pup in River Clyde nicknamed Sammy circa 1995

Horses on a farm - 1968

Fog obscures any view of Ironbridge

The paddle steamer Waverley, at Blyth, in May 1983, for a visit

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