River Collection (page 8)

The aircraft carrier HMS Vindex arriving at the River Tyne from Rosyth on her way to her moorings at Jarrow. She was to be re-converted into a fast cargo liner and renamed Port Vindex

Filming of an episode of Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads fishing in the North Tyne near Haughton Castle situated to the north of the village of Humshaugh, Northumberland

A goods train chuffing past the Black Lion at Consall Forge near Leek, February 1965

World War Two - Second World War - A barrage balloon on board a boat ready to help in the defence of a Northern port. 19/02/1942

World War Two - Second World War - Members of the WRNS (Wrens) of the Royal Navy, on the River Tees. 16/02/1945

Norwich East Anglia England Riverside View. Circa 1972

Swans on the River Thames circa August 1946. 25th August 1946

World War Two - Second World War - Thames river craft arrive back after helping the evacuation of the BEF from the beaches at Dunkirk. 9th: June 1940

The River Shiel at the entrance to Loch Shiel. 20th October 1945

North East Festivals Students Anthony Mosakowski and Hana Grisdale record watery sounds for the music to feature in the first Environment Festival organised by Durham University in Durham City 9 May

RIver Dee - VIew of Dee River bridge and mountains, looking eastwards to Balmoral Caste and Forest. 21/7/1948

The Victorian railway Newton Cap viaduct at Bishop Auckland on 12th July 1995 which has been changed into a road bridge

A view of the river Tummel before a dam was built, to trap water before it reaches the Loch Tummel. 9th September 1946

BEAs new Sikorsky 61 helicopter taking its Ministry of Aviation trials of landing on the Thames before going into service on the Scilly Isles route

Coracle fishers on the River Teifi at Cenarth: Following a pattern evolved over two thousand years ago, coracle builders construct the oval

Eustace Rogers builds coracles but the demand for this ancient form of transport has fallen in the past few hundred years

Lets get back to the Ancient Britons says Viscount St David, who can trace his family further back than most people. Seen here using a coracle the sort of boat Ancient Britons used - on the Thames at

Passers-by stop on Cenarth Bridge to look at the coracle men plying their craft down the Teifi. Following a pattern evolved over two thousand years ago, coracle builders construct the oval

Cycling: Hugh Maclean and his Aqua Cycling Raft: It should have worked said Hugh Maclean after he had dragged his friend Bill McGrath out of the Thames. Mr

Coracles : Following a pattern evolved over two thousand years ago, coracle builders construct the oval, basket-shaped boats that were being used by ancient Britons when Caesar invaded the island

William Rackliffe 54, has made a water cycle from an ex- R. A. F
William Rackliffe 54, has made a water cycle from an ex- R.A.F. bicycle frame mounted on two Spitfire fuel tanks and geared by the mechanism of a tank turret

Into the River Eden for a wash for this horse and two bareback riders at the Appleby Horse Fair in Westmorland, Cumbria on 10th June 1983

A last minute scrub down for the horses in the River Eden before going on show at the Appleby Horse Fair in Westmorland, Cumbria on 10th June 1983

At 11am on the morning of 27th January, 1965, Britain began paying homage to the memory of Sir Winston Churchill when the first member of the public entered Westminister Hall to file past

Coracle Racing - Tense moment during a coracle race as crowds line the banks of the River Teifi at Cilgerran at the weekend. 23rd August 1965

Durham University students took to the River Wear for the Grand Raft Race for Rag Week on 3rd March 1973

Coracle Racing - They re Off! Competitors in a coracle race at Cilgerran on Saturday get plenty of vocal encouragement from crowds lining the banks of the River Teifi. 23rd August 1965

Coracle Racing - In readiness for a TV transmission, these coracle fishermen from the rivers Teifi and Towy were rehearsing on the River Taff, Cardiff. 1954

Coracle Racing - These coracle men, their age old craft slung about their shoulders, wait their turn to take part in a race at Cardigan Bay Regatta

Coracle fisherman on the Teifii seen here with something in the net - and its heavy. The net is drawn in and the catch is taken aboard

Coracle racing - The tradition of coracle racing returned to the Tywi at the weekend - as part of a nationwide effort to revive interest in the Craft. Neck and neck

Coracle Racing, somewhere in Wales. 28th August 1953

Coracles 1945: Following a pattern evolved over two thousand years ago, coracle builders construct the oval, basket-shaped boats that were being used by ancient Britons when Caesar invaded

Students Rag - Cambridge students rag on the River Cam, which runs through the Cambrdige backs. 9th November 1965

An Inter-City 125 arriving at Newcastle on 6th July 1984 over the King Edward Bridge

The supertanker Esso Hibernia being fitted out after her launch on the River Tyne at Swan Hunter on November 19, 1970

Aqua Cycle August 1947

A press conference was held at the Tower Hotel today by Bickerton Bicycles Limited to demonstrate their folding bike. Half the weight of other folding bikes

Passengers crowd the platform on 3rd May 1976 at Haltwhistle Station before the last train to Alston sets off

Paul Gascoigne and England teammates Ian Walker (centre) and David Seaman take a break from Euro 96 tournament and enjoy a relaxing time with a spot of fishing. 20th June 1996

The naming ceremony of the merchant ship Dietrich Oldendorff at the North Sands yard of North-East Shipbuilders, Sunderland. Unknown dignitaries at the launch. 3rd November, 1986

The launch of the merchant ship Johanna Oldendorff at the Southwick slipway of North-East Shipbuilders ( formerly Austin and Pickersgill ), Sunderland. The ship slips down into the River Wear

Summer residence of the Shah of Iran, Reza Shah Pahlevi, near Tehran, Capital of Iran, Circa 1926

Members of Heavy Metal group Black Sabbath messing about on the river in the scenic Wye Valley. Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler get a soaking. 10th August, 1977

Forth Railway Bridge in Scotland - October 1964 Forth Road Bridge in the distance

Sippers the mongrel mascot dog of HMS Soberton, pictured at the Fish Quay, North Shields on the River Tyne. Sippers jumped ship and was missing for 24 hours before returning to the vessel

Near their destination the foyboatmen cast off and then take a heavy mooring rope ashore. In the boat with Charlie Ash, is his mate Jack Pottinger, of South Shields

Idle foyboats at the South Shields ferry landing denote slack times and lean pickings for the Tynes foyboatmen. 29th April 1964

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