MPX5132509: Mr Philip Yorke takes a trip around the grounds of his house on a Penny Farthing. He has been trying to give away his family home for five years, and now the National Trust has decided to take the house, full of priceless treasures, including the Penny Farthing, Erdigg Hall, Wrexham, North Wales, 29th May 1973 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5132557: In 1940 Smoky the cat was rescued after an air raid during blitz. Miss Ann Twynam of Paddington took him home, and nursed him back to health. She has taught Smoky to salute, and now whenever service friends visit, Smoky loves to do his saluting turn, pictured 3rd February 1943 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5132567: North East Shipwrecks - The 70-foot fishing trawler Conduan (Buckie) grounded on to Cullercoats beach in dense fog and the eight man Geordie crew were winched to safety by coastguards. Captain Norman Morse, 51, voiced his worries about leaving the 50-ton boat beached. He said: "I am frightened she might begin to break up if the weather gets bad again." Two other local fishing boats also hit rocks in the dense fog. 3rd October, 1979 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images