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Snatching a break in the sunshine are (left to right) Winnie Kirk, Pat Miller, Maureen Kavanagh, Jean Marshall, Daphne O" Brien, Lois Willdig, Freda Sharratt, Thelma Brown and Brenda Jackson
Hula-hooping - the latest craze to hit Britain had the girls a-swinging and a-swaying in Lincolns Inn Fields. The girls are members of W.H.Smith netball team. October 1958
Scargill and MacGregor will be appearing at the Birmingham Prime Stock Show on November 20 and 21st. Competing with other cattle at Bingley Hall, Stafford for the title of Supreme Champion of 1984
Ashbys unique finger pillory in the parish church, is tested by Christine Hill, a 15 year-old solicitors clerk. Circa 1958
School holidays at Ashby present few problems. For 3d. children can splash and swim in the large open-air pool in Hood Park
The River Thames at Kew South of Brentford, Middlesex Kew Gardens, left foreground May 1976
When the apples have been crushed the pulp is wrapped in coarse cloth and then squeezed under pressure to extract the juice
The Jazz Club How they go. Typical of the members are apprentice technician Roger Wilson (21) and Laboratory assistant Christine Dudley (18)
School holidays at Ashby present few problems. For three pence children can splash and swim in the large open-air pool in Hood Park. July 1958
Five young anglers fish at the canal for perch. They are Angus McMaster, Peter Bethell, Brian Ward, Leslie Whittakerand John Shaw. May 1959 friendshipimages
This seven foot-high barbered wire and steel mesh fence runs like a scar across one of Warwickshires most attractive vistas three miles outside Stratford-on-Avon. Luddington. 1957
Polar bears playing with a ball at Dudley Zoo, March 1980
These employees are working on some of the 31 wood fixtures which go into a jaguar. They are surrounded by blackened walls from the fire which ravaged much of the car factory. January 1957
Bobby the sheep led rescued animals at Bromsgroves Broad Green Animal Sanctuary in singing the centres praises. Miss Janet Taylor, who helps run the santuary
Two girls standing on the county boundary between Berkshire and Hampshire. They are Julie Noble and Margaret Palmer from London. They are both staying at the Red Cross home at Beech Hill
Only a few hours after Coventry firemen had doused the last of the flames, workers in gum boots were toiling among the wreckage to clear the vital assembly lines at the Jaguar car factory
Death of a river July 1976 The Darent at Farningham, Kent footpath on the right
A boxer training at Aston Boxing Club, Birmingham. November 1957
Matthew Moseley, licensee of the Navigation at Wootton Wawen, pulling a pint behind the bar. July 1958
Camel - Enid Beynon and Cecil Long get some attention from Topsy the camel at St Mellons Agricultural Show - 9th Aug 1995
Two of the men who know the secrets of the dark world that lies under the busy streets of Bimingham are sewermen (left) Edward Hinks and George Batty. August 1957
Judy the chimp assists the park keeper at Twycross Zoo y sweeping up the autumn leaves. November 1973
Only five girls have so far entered the Miss Cardiff Beauty Contest. Pic shows one of the contestants. 27th June 1990
The dodgems aren t what they used to be. The Fair claims to be the first to have fibre glass made dodgem cars. 1959. friendshipimages
Swoosh round the bend, and thump on to the carpets. Its the Helter Skelter, an essential part of the fun that Bob Wilsons fair brings as it tours the Birmingham area. 1959
A baby Atlantic Seal enjoys a dip in the pool at Twycross Zoo. November 1979
Women - Debbie Burgess is a girl with something to get off her chest - a message to us all to save more water. Nineteen-year-old Debbie is wearing a Welsh National Water Development Authority
Sizzling steaks cooked over a glowing charcoal fire have long been a feature of the Exchange Grill, one of Birminghams " underground" restaurants
Harry the hedgehog loves his pint, but only real ale please. 12th November 1993
Catch! And over the water sails a mooring line, expertly thrown by 71 year old Jack Smith, one of the crew of the " Water Fairy." This boat has been converted to carry passengers
The old folks go young for a day. Gertie Food and Florrie White share a plate of whelks on blackpool beach. 1959
Matron Muriel Hale from Birmingham is serving up second helpings to children at the convalescent home Beech Hill House. October 1958
Spring Baby Animals. Tigger and Topper, two male tiger cubs at West Midlands Safari Park
Four young anglers fish at the canal for perch. They are Peter Bethell, Brian Ward and Leslie Whittaker, John Shaw. May 1959
Hungary - Hungarian refugees in Paris - A party of refugees showing expressions of the suffering they endured before escaping to Vienna, when they arrived at the Gare D Orsay, Paris
Lock keeper William Fradley has spent most of his 63 years on the canals Working narow boats all over the country. May 1959
Amateur photgraphers can find themselves on the horns of a dilemma if they look the wrong way. West Midlands Safari Park, Bewdley. November 1981
Louis the chimp from Twycross Zoo enjoys a sledge in the snow. February 1983
Feet in a ballet pose
Chain-making is a hot, slogging job, but three who are used to the work are, from the left, Jacka and Sol Pearson and James Eley
St tropez habour, Southern France
Men playing snooker at Aston Social Club Birmingham, Circa 1957
Bill Buckler and Bert Marsden. The old folks go young for a day. Trip to Blackpool. Glass negs taken 1959
Baby chimpanzee at Twycross Zoo enjoying an Easter Egg. April 1984
A market town in France
Richard Burton brought his new wife home to meet his family this week.The hush-hush visit by honeymoon superstars Richard Burton
Teacher Training College Intent on her potters wheel, 18 year old Sandra Shaw, who comes from Liverpool, is shaping more than the clay beneath her hands
At 78 Mr Jack Lee is one of the oldest workers at Ansells Brewery. In his tea break, a barrel makes a handy table while he snatches a quick read