MPX5129285: North East Festivals Children get to play on the ship structure in Old Eldon Square, part of the Newcastle Festival, before it is dismantled and used for fire wood 19 October 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129288: North East Festivals Graham Stevens went walking on water and got that sinking feeling. After a few steps on the lake at Exhibition Park, Newcastle, his ingenious PVC balloon sprang a leak and he sank to the bottom. This display was part of festival called Inflatables 5 October 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129300: Michael Jackson seen here on stage in Prague, 8th September 1996 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129315: The Jackson Five at home in Los Angeles. 23rd February 1973 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129351: Michael Jackson seen here on stage in Prague, 8th September 1996 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129360: The Sunday Sun Jack Olubs Road Show at Westerhope Excelsior Social Club, 15 March 1974 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129366: Michael Jackson seen here on stage in Prague, 8th September 1996 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129369: Miss Blackpool 1971, Beauty Competition Heat 4. Model and winner, Miss Carolyn Moore 18 from Nantwich, Cheshire, pictured with contest judges from the 12th Light Air Defence Regiment. 24th June 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129414: Michael Jackson seen here on stage in Prague, 8th September 1996 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129417: Michael Jackson seen here on stage in Prague, 8th September 1996 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129423: Michael Jackson seen here on stage in Prague, 8th September 1996 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129438: The 'Best-Kept Gardens' contest for the Condercum Estate, Newcastle. Tenants brought to light a new angle on gardening - how to make the A R P Anderson shelter a 'thing of beauty.' This picture at the homes in Westholme Gardens shows how it could be done, 11th August 1939 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129447: The picture shows one of the first LDV Home Guard units to be formed in the North East. Many of the men are ex-servicemen and are seen on parade before going on duty at a barricade and other posts, 31st August 1940 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129462: Residents of Links Avenue, Monkseaton, who decided to construct their own communal air raid shelter shortly before the start of the Second World War. They are pictured here at work on the first trench, 30th August 1939 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129483: Michael Jackson can be seen performing on stage at Wembley during the Bad concert tour 14th July 1988 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129492: Whitley Bay Post Officer workers wear gas masks during air raid precaution training. 27/08/1938 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5128902: RAF Mountain Rescue and Police search for the wreckage of a crashed light aircraft. The wreckage of a war lies beneath the soft earth of the Cheviot slopes. Consciously ignored by the censored Press of World War Two dozens of planes plunged to their destruction and sank into bogs. More than 25 - both Allied and German - are beneath the marshy soil and their names bear out the aggression of war: Spitfire, Flying Fortress, Swordfish... But when the war ended, the accidents stopped. In the 30 years since the war there had only been two air crashes over the misty hills, this Tuesday's nosedive into Hedgehope Hill was one of them. But rumours persist about the strange weather conditions and freak disturbances between St Abb's Head, where the men went off course and the Cheviots. Does the North have a Bermuda Triangle of its own ? As Department of Trade Inspectors stood by in Wooler to begin examining the Piper Cherokee wreckage, experts answered unequivocally: No ! The aircraft, that was flying from Edinburgh to Sunderland and crashed on the 2,348 ft. Hedgehope Hill is pictured, 14/02/1979 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5128905: A BOAC Boeing 707 airliner bound for Sydney and Auckland with 131 passengers aboard had to return to Heathrow airport shortly after take off when one of it engines caught fire. The aircraft call sign Whisky Echo crashed with its wing ablaze on runway two. An eye witness said he saw about 50 people jump out of the plane seconds after it crashed. "they were running and jumping" from the aircraft. Our Picture Shows: The burning plane immediately after the crash at Heathrow Airport, April 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5128914: A BEA Hawker Siddeley Trident airliner, operating as a British European Airways (BEA) scheduled commercial passenger flight from London Heathrow Airport to Brussels, crashed near the town of Staines on Sunday, 18 June 1972, less than three minutes after take-off. All 118 persons on board were killed. The accident became known as the Staines disaster, and was the worst air disaster in Britain until the Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, 18/06/1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5128932: RAF Mountain Rescue and Police search for the wreckage of a crashed light aircraft. The wreckage of a war lies beneath the soft earth of the Cheviot slopes. Consciously ignored by the censored Press of World War Two dozens of planes plunged to their destruction and sank into bogs. More than 25 - both Allied and German - are beneath the marshy soil and their names bear out the aggression of war: Spitfire, Flying Fortress, Swordfish... But when the war ended, the accidents stopped. In the 30 years since the war there had only been two air crashes over the misty hills, this Tuesday's nosedive into Hedgehope Hill was one of them. But rumours persist about the strange weather conditions and freak disturbances between St Abb's Head, where the men went off course and the Cheviots. Does the North have a Bermuda Triangle of its own ? As Department of Trade Inspectors stood by in Wooler to begin examining the Piper Cherokee wreckage, experts answered unequivocally: No ! 14/02/1979 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5128968: Deserted Hebburn Railway Station on 1st August 1979 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5128974: A general view of the platform and sign at East Boldon Railway Station on 5th October 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5128980: A general view of the disused Lanchester Railway Station on 27th January 1949 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5128986: Michael Jackson seen here after performing on stage at Sheffield, 10th July 1997 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129013: Ashes 1953. England batsman Denis Compton hits the winning runs to retain the Ashes for England in the fifth test against Australia at the Oval 19th August 1953 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129076: England v West Indies at Kennington Oval, London, Aug 12-17, 1976 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129097: A paratrooper hauling in the parachute attached to a container which has been dropped with arms and equipment for paratroops at a demonstration held by an Airborne Division during the Second World War, 31st October 1942 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129142: A group of Soviet parachutists boarding a plane during drills before joining guerrillas fighting against the German army on the Eastern front during the Second World War, 7th July 1942 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129148: The Beatles performing on the set of "Ready, Steady, Go!", broadcast live from London, 20th March 1964 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129154: Hazel O'Connor performs on stage at the outdoor concert in aid of racial harmony at The Butts stadium in Coventry, 22nd June 1981 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129160: Hazel O'Connor and The Specials performed on stage at the outdoor concert in aid of racial harmony at The Butts stadium in Coventry. These young people take a rest during the concert, 22nd June 1981 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129498: Michael Jackson can be seen performing on stage at Wembley during the Bad concert tour 14th July 1988 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129531: Michael Jackson seen here after performing on stage at Wembley during the Bad concert tour 14th July 1988 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129540: The new Dodge "Hustler" motor caravan belonging to Jimmy Savile. 22nd November 1973 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129546: Michael Jackson seen here after performing on stage at Wembley during the Bad concert tour 14th July 1988 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5129567: Michael Jackson seen here after performing on stage at Wembley during the Bad concert tour 14th July 1988 (photo) / Bridgeman Images