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Test stars in Hull - Geoff Boycott and Phil Sharpe go out to open Yorkshires innings at Fenner s. Boycott (70) was Yorkshires top scorer in their winning total of 184 for four
The Electric Car. A new unusually quiet little motor car can be seen going through its paces around London. Produced by Enfield Auto Motive Limited
Actor Jonathan Linsley - who plays Crusher in BBC TVs Last of the Summer Wine series - got the fun under way at a Holme Valley charity fete
The largest self-righting lifeboat to be built for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, was tested at Portsmouth today. It was the 48ft
Coleen Nolan (19), left, and her sister Maureen (30) both passed their driving test with days of each other. 13th July 1984
LCC Weights and measures office. A collection of fraudulent weights and measures, at one of the offices. Weights filled with cork and wood, measures with false bottoms etc. 7th July 1932
74-year-old Otto Elias, who has celebrated his birthday today by sitting for the O Levels of G.C.E in maths. Students in picture with him did not sit the exam today. 12th June 1969
Optician with Visual Survey Telebinocular, Newcastle, 22nd July 1971
Actor Brian Blessed, pictured tearing up his L plates, as he has just passed his driving test. He is currently playing the role of PC Fancy Smith in the BBC television series Z-Cars. December 1963
LHT 117 Motorcar has its breaks tested in a state of the art Car Testing Bay at a Teesside garage, 18th August 1960
Dr Vladimir Petrow, the man who discovered the Volidan birth pill, checking an experiment with one of his research team in one of the laboratories
Testing beacon light bulbs at the Lemington Glass Works Ltd, Lemington, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. 25th January 1945. P13474
Cricket test umpire Dickie Bird weaing two hats, May 1993
Exercises by the Great Yarmouth lifeboat The Earl and Countess of Howe at Porstmouth. The boat was turned completely over by means of straps attached to a dockyard crane
A billowing inferno of flame and smoke swirls 250ft into the sky from a man made lake of 6, 000 gallons of fuel oil. Moving slowly through the blaze is a specially fire-proofed lifeboat steered by
A new rescue craft was tested at Littlehampton, Sussex, Wednesday 17th April, 1963. It 13 the R.F.D. " Zodiac" - a high speed inflatable all weather craft powered by an outboard engine
Testing of the Panjandrum on a beach in Devon. Circa September 1943
The AFS go about their training. World War Two. Hull Yorkshire. Caption suggests they are taking part in one kind of contest
Face to face emery and Home Guard seem surprised to come to such close quarters at the country hedge. It looks as if the Home Guard was the more prepared
The Ashes. England v Australia 4th Test match at Edgbaston, Birmingham. England. England won by 29 runs. (Picture) Man of there match Ian Botham celebrating. 2nd August 1981
The Ashes. England v Australia 4th Test match at Edgbaston, Birmingham. England. (Picture) Ian Botham (with white hat) in the field. 2nd August 1981
Coleen Nolan (19), right, and her sister Maureen (30) both passed their driving test with days of each other. 13th July 1984
Ford Capri cars on a test drive in the Alpine Passes between Grenoble and Valence in France. The Ford Capri was launched in January 1969 Picture taken 24th March 1971
Lifeboat HQ at Poplar, water tests for life belts. July 1932
Trials of Miss England II. Kaye Don in the motor-boat Miss England II, with Mr R E Garner, mechanic, on land. Lough Neagh. Northern Ireland. 20th January 1931
Protecting the housewife. Weights and measures testing department of the LCC. Testing scales and weights. Thousands are brought to this office each year to be tested
Tennis Balls being weighed at Slazenger in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. As of 2018, the required weight of a tennis ball is 58.5 grams. Picture taken 22nd May 1968
Tennis Balls being dropped from a height to see how good their bounce is, at Slazenger in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. As of 2018, the required weight of a tennis ball is 58.5 grams
Pregnancy tests being made at the Belmont Laboratory, Middlesex. July 1968
A do it yourself pregnancy test kit, made in Sweden. July 1968
West Indies cricket tour of England 1957, 1st Test, England v West Indies at Edgbaston, Birmingham, played from 30th May to 4th June 1957. 5 day match, match drawn
Picture shows a TV Commercial shoot for an early style of electric car. Picture taken 3rd January 1974
Young cyclists went through their paces during a safer cycling course at Huddersfield Sports Centre. PC Alan Laurie, accident prevention officer
Testing out home made diving equipment, with crowds watching. Wiltshire. Circa 1945
Cleveland Agricultural Show, Mike Badger checks the honey. 28th July 1990
England nd v Australia Fourth test match at Old Trafford, Manchester for the Ashes. test umpire Harold Dickie Bird jumping in the air behind England batsman David Gower. 3rd August 1985
The largest tyre ever made to date (27th October 1978) by Dunlop, seen here on its arrival at Fort Dunlops test centre in Birmingham
An employee of the Knockando Whisky Distillery checks the casks in the bonded warehouse. The whisky is left a minimum of three years but usually between 8 and 25 years in wooden barrels to mature
Barrels being tested in the bonded warehouse at the Knockando Whisky Distillery, Moray, in the Strathspey whisky producing area of Scotland. January 1972
Sunday Mirror Rally Team at 25, 000 feet February 1970. Sunday Mirror Rally Team visit RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine at Farnborough & test their limits in the Institutes decompression chamber
Sport: Cricket: The Wisden Trophy 1st Test match at Trent Bridge, Nottingham Forest. England v. West Indies. Action from the match. June 1980 80-03029-013
Cricket: Test Match Preview: Australian Team: Australian fast bowler Jeff Thomson gets a quick hair cut from skipper Greg Chappell in preparation for the fourth test which begin on Thursday
1921, The Ashes, 3rd Test, England v Australia at Headingley, Leeds, 2nd to 5th July 1921. 3-day match, Australia won by 219 runs
Ian Botham batting for England v. Pakistan. August 1982 P003868
Mike Atherton given out LBW by umpire Dickie Bird in the first over on the first days play of the second test against India at Lords. 20th June 1996
England v West Indies Fourth Test match at Old Trafford, Manchester. Test Umpire Dickie Bird points to the Hospitality rooms as reflection from one of the booths stops play. 28th July 1995
George Bicknell and Bill Moore are seen on the range testing rifles. They test and fire guns of different types all day long at the B.S.A. guns factory, Shirley, Birmingham, May 1952
