00173 Collection (page 3)

Construction of Tyne Bridge. First Span of New Tyne Bridge almost in position over the roadway on the Gateshead side. 31st January 1927

The winner of a knobbly knees competition

Pupils and teachers of Tynemouth schools at their centenary swimming gala at Tynemouth bathing pool July 1949

Suez Crisis 1956 Men of the Royal Berkshire Regiment are issued with tropical kit for service in the Mediteranian

A rare picture of the pioneer members of the Novocastrian Cycling Club in 1891. The scene includes the clubs only lady member

Suez Crisis 1956 British civillians evacuated from Egypt arrive at Southampton by flying boat

Suez Crisis 1956 British soldiers keep rotesting Egyptians back as United Nations troops march into Port Said

Canal Zone 1952 The Cruiser HMS Cleopatra and the minelayer HMS Manxman (behind Cleopatra) at the docks in Port Said. In the background can be seen the Suez Cnal Company Building

Suffragettes bid fairwell to their leader Emmeline Pankhurst April 1913 9482 Horse Drawn Coach Carriage 1910s Womens Rights Movement

Louise Brown Test Tube Girl playing with doll and dolls pram June 1980

Suez Crisis 1956 The Portuguese delegate to the Suez Conference arrives at London Airport

A frog with a beware of frog sign

Suez Crisis 1956 On a British airbase in Cyprus the pilots of Hunter jets scramble for a raid over Egypt

Rolling Stones Mick Jagger as Ned Kelly looks on as the crew prepare to shoot the next scene. July 1969

Scampi the ferret enjoys a pint of beer

Women wearing matching knitted jumpers

American middleweight boxer Rubin Hurricane Carter of New Jersey, USA, mops his head as he mops it after a wash and brush up in the barber shop of his London hotel before his fight with Tony Scott at

Suez Crisis 1956 R A Butler (Rab Butler), the Leader of the House of Commons, at the Tory Conference at Plandudno

Labour M. P. Barbara Castle speaking at the Durham Miners Gala in June 1962
Labour M.P. Barbara Castle speaking at the Durham Miners Gala in June 1962

Linton Colliery, Ashington with miners going down on the last shift before closure. September 1968

Pitman Wilf Barnes takes the last bag of coal from Burradon Colliery November 1975

The cramped conditions at Ellington Colliery, near the pits most productive face. Pressure had lowered the roof by nearly three feet, trapping equipment. October 1984

Richard Budge (centre) in the cage at Ellington Colliery

Mobile winders at North Delavel Colliery, September 1956

Giant winding wheels top the 200-foot high head gear at Bates Colliery, Blyth. 0

Ashington Colliery. Final shift comes to the surface, March 1988

Westoe Colliery silhouetted against the sky, October 1992

End of an era. Last shift comes to the surface at Ashington Colliery, March 1988

Harrington Colliery at Lowca on the Cumberland coast which was being threatened with closure

The rag headed by the Majorettes, makes its way through surging crowds in the Haymarket, to make the annual tour of the city during rag week 1960

A man works a seam at Willington Colliery in about 1930

Sacriston Pit in February 1939. The scene of a flooding disaster 35 years earlier. 5th February 1939

Bates Pit, Blyth, threatened with closure, February 1986

Brigitte the elephant plays cards

Pithead gear at Craghead Colliery, October 1963

Terraced streets of Easington with the gear towers of the local pit head in the background

Waiting for the cage. Miners about to start their shift at Lambton Colliery. Circa 1920

Wearmouth Colliery at a standstill after closure in November 1993

The Hungarian uprising - Blackened and ruined Budapest - Russian tanks rumble past shattered buildings and piles of debris 13/11/56

Demolition of Wearmouth Colliery, October 1994

Shilbottle Colliery in March 1952. The new system of much larger mine cars is shown in operation, whilst one of the old smaller tubs moves along the gantry in the background

Jimmy Weatherby (left) and Alan Nelson unload equipment salvaged from Elemore Colliery, January 1974

Rani the elephant at Gosforth Racecourse

Ellington Processing Plant which was threatening pits as it stockpiled coal. August 1993

The Suez crisis - Home for Christmas - troops disembarking from the "Empire Ken"
The Suez crisis - Home for Christmas - troops disembarking from the " Empire Ken" at Southampton 18/12/56

The Suez crisis - Indian paratroopers, with their UNO Flag, arriving at the Front line trenches at El Cap 03/12/56

Murton Colliery silhouetted against a night sky

Miner Jack Buxton, made redundant after 47 years on the closure of Burradon Colliery, November 1975

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