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A vintage 1947 steam roller being restored by Joe Shiel, left, and Malcolm Alexander at Walker Middle Street School on 7th March 1988
Redcar Steel Gala on 5th July 1986. Queing up... a popular attraction at the gala proved to be this 1913 Burrel Showmans Engine, owned by Richard Preston of Prestons of Potto near Northallerton
Small is beautifull... Richard Doran (left) makes final adjustments to his miniature traction engine with the help of mechanic Ray Stephens, at Meadowfield Vintage Rally on 19th June 1988
Full steam ahead for a traction engine rally, are Mr H Beethorpe and his partner in Princess Royal on 13th June 1958
A Fowler traction engine on 15th June 1979 being taken through its paces by Mr Hubert Nixon, President of the South tyne Traction Engine Society on a field at Anick Grange Farm near Hexham
A school project really got rolling in Newcastle on 28th November 1986. With Paul Hilditch of Walker School at the wheel as (left to right) Sapper Henry Leadbitter, Sgt
William Marshall, division inspector for weights and measure, Hexham gives George Ryerley, of Walton Hall, Stamfordham an envelope with the weight of his steam roller Highland Lass on 2nd June 1972
Back on the tracks this replica of the Rocket which attended the Rainhill trilas atBack on the tracks.. this replica of the Rocket which attended the Rainhill trilas at Manchester, and has just returned from America
The Busy Bee, with his owner, Dr J L Middlemiss, of Bellingham at the controls, takes the road for Lambton Park, Chester-le-Street, on 3rd July 1957 where a Traction Engine Rally is being held
Margaret Younger, of Birtley, shows her skill at the wheel at a display held by the North of England Steam Traction Engine Society at Dunkirk Farm, Birtley, on 9th June 1962
Steam Roller Brenda (1920 vintage) with the two men who have given her a new lease of life on 17th February 1962
TV naturalist David Bellamy (right) with Judith Foster and her dog Lady on 30th September 1986. David had difficulty finding hedgehogs for his television programme " Bellamys Bugle" but
Beer loving TV botanist David Bellamy with Ces Vallally on 20th May, 1986, who has invented a unique pump which will help quench the thirst of villagers in drought-stricken countries
Members of the Newcastle East Federation of Townswomens Guilds turn back the pages of Northumbrian history on 21st March 1973, by turning up in period costume for the meeting of the 12 guilds
The familiar figure of Frank Hewson, on 3rd August 1973, who has been a barrow boy in Newcastle all of his life
A street trader selling flowers on Northumberland Street, Newcastle on 19th October 1984
M Flemings barrow one the streets of Newcastle on 1st August 1974
These two suffragettes make their protest on the Duke of Lansdownes doorstep on 19th November 1910
A street trader with his barrow on the streets of Newcastle on 5th April 1966
A street trader on the streets of Newcastle selling fruit and vegetables on 18th July 1980
Examining the ancient stocks in Sunderland Museum on 8th July 1932. These stocks used to stand on Bishopwearmouth Green
A worms eye view of steeplejacks on their way to a birs eye view on 21st april 1953. The men with a head for heights are scaling a lofty chimney rising above brickworks at Cowgate, Newcastle
Newcastle University students on a photo call outside the New Tyne Theatre, Westgate Road, Newcastle on 29th February 1984 where they are staging the musical Grease
British Rail decided that honesty is a good policy when it comes to collecting fares when they issued this honesty box to Newcastle Central Station on 7th October 1974
The portico of North Shields Railway Station on 22nd December 1956, which is to get priority in British Railways reconstruction programme
Councillor Bill Hilton and Susan Fairbairn at the derelict Seaburn Railway Station which has been branded a safety hazard, overrun by rats and a haunt for glue sniffers on 26th Junly 1986
Peter Gill (pushing barrel) and Dave Young (sitting on barrels) specialising in wine a barrel beer from their off licence in West Jesmond Station on 30th March 1976
A view of derelict Cramlington Railway Station on 10th March 1992 which is to be closed down
A view of derelict Cramlington Railway Station on 13th September 1992 which is to be closed down
The last goodbye? Farewell time as the train to Settle prepares to leave Carlisle Station on 18th February 1984
A general view of Gateshead Railway Stations bleak platform with no shelter for waiting passengers on 14th January 1970
A train standing at the platform of Blyth Railway Station on 26th March, 1963
A Bishop Auckland father and son have built their own half mile ong miniature railway on 20th October 1972. But the do-it-yourself job of Raymond and Ridley Dunn, of Beech Road, cocketon Hill
A practice session on 30th December, 1987, for the Allendale men who will take part in the Tar Barrel fire festival. From left to right (back) are Mr Malcolm Whitfield, Mr Benny Hutchinson
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
An Inter-City 125 on the King Edward Bridge on its way to Kings Cross, London on 30th September 1985
Workmen busy at some roadworks beside Newcastles Theatre Royal on 4th March 1989
Steeplejacks on their way up the Byker Destructor Chimney, to do repairs on 9th January 1948. The Chimney is 150 feet high
