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The shop floor of George Angus in Wallsend is empty and the lathes and presses are silent due to power blackouts in 1972
Liverpool footballers Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway eating their lunch by candlelight during the Three Day Week. 18th December 1973
This pensioner received her ration of coal during the fuel shortage in January 1972
Miner Arthur Knox, 21 and his friend 23 year old Anthony Proudlock digging for coal at Washington F Pit in February 1972 during a fuel shortage
Gas heaters were used in some schools during the fuel shortage in February 1972
The scene in The Journal newsroom during one of the power cuts in 1972. Much of the preparation for the newspaper was done by the light of hurrican lamps and candles
Motorists facing crisis after crisis, are being offered a little cheer as they drive along the Al through Gateshead. St. Marks Methodist Church, Shipcote Terrace
These men are trying to make a quick getaway with this rail truck full of coal during the fuel shortage in February 1972
Two men make their way along a beach with their sacks of sea coal that they have collected during the fuel shortage of January 1972
Necessity is the mother of invention, and Lanchester garage owner David Close certainly had to do something to keep the petrol flowing during power cuts
Here is the news about power cuts. Radio newsreader Alan Rogers tells listeners about the power crisis - with candles lighting his studio
Beating the power crisis. With most firms in Britain only allowed to use electricity on three days a week due to the power crisis