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MPX5157865: Prince Charles (Future Charles III) seen here during a royal tour of Cleveland. Having a chat with the crew of the Runswick and Staithes lifeboat crew. On the left is Col Tony Phillips chairman of the lifeboat committee and uncle of Captain Mark Phillips. 1st June 1978 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5157873: This time it's different chair for seven-year-old Graham Welsh, of Wallsend, as he takes the driving seat on this one-third scale steam engine. The owner, builder and driver, Mr Fred Horseman, who is also Graham's dentist, gives him a few instructions during the Steam Traction Rally at Corbridge, on 5th June 1976 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5157893: The oldest resident of Staithes 86 year old Mrs Hannah Theaker, wearing a traditional bonnet when she presented a model of a coble, made by Mr Robert Taylor of Port Mulgrave to Prince Charles (Future Charles III) during the Royal Tour of Cleveland. 1st June 1978 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5158773: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was the ceremony in which the newly ascended monarch, Elizabeth II, was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ceylon, and Pakistan, as well as taking on the role of Head of the Commonwealth, (Picture) Bishops paying homage to the Queen, 2nd June 1953 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5158779: Corfe Castle, The Square, Wareham, Dorset. Corfe Castle's location - sandwiched on a hill, in a gap between two other hill ranges made it almost impossible to attack. As a result it was largely used as the Royal Treasury. It was also famous for being the location of one of the few cases of known regicide in Britain - on the 15th April 975, the young King Edward was stabbed in the back as he mounted his horse whilst hunting in Purbeck - he was buried without honours as he was (clearly) unpopular with the nobility, yet his body was later exhumed and found to be untouched by decay. As a result he was declared a saint and a martyr. Pictured is a couple enjoying the view of the castle, 28th August 1952 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images