MPX5132444: Beatlemania - It's October, 1963, and long lines of Beatles fans queue around the corner from the City Hall, Newcastle, in the attempt to get tickets to see the world's number one group. Some fans waited for days for tickets, 1963 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132474: Warden John Howard with one of the baboons at Lambton Pleasure Park in June 1975 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132299: Singer Suzi Quatro performs in concert at Newcastle City Hall 4 November 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132217: Wedding cake made by Mr Schul for Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, 1947 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132314: Miss UK 1967. Jennifer Lewis. 22nd August 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132247: Day in the life of Covent Garden market in Central London, c. 1948 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132335: A series of pictures taken 22 October 1972 depicting that the nightlife and a night out on the town has never changed in Newcastle, 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132262: Scenes in Whitechapel, East London, c. 1947 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132347: Don Powell, drummer with Slade, was badly injured in a serious car crash in Wolverhampton, in which his girlfriend Angela Morris was killed, 4th July 1973 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132283: Don Powell, drummer with Slade, reading get well cards at his parents home in Bilston, Staffs. 31st July 1973 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132295: Glam rock band Slade perform in concert at Newcastle City Hall 4 November 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132304: Don Powell, drummer with Slade, reading get well cards at his parents home in Bilston, Staffs. 31st July 1973 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132307: Miss UK and baby of the year 1967. Jennifer Lewis and other contestants. 21st August 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132316: Action from the England v USA Amateur Boxing contest. Seen here is action from the bout between Dave McCann (England) v Duane Bobick (USA), 02/11/1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132440: Johnny Cesspooch USA v Peter Benneyworth England seen here at a Amateur Boxing contest at Wembley 2nd November 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132322: Singer Suzi Quatro performs in concert at Newcastle City Hall 4 November 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132349: Former gangster "Mad" Frankie Fraser pictured at his local pub in south London. 14 June 2013 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132355: A series of pictures taken 22 October 1972 depicting that the nightlife and a night out on the town has never changed in Newcastle, 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132406: American boxer Jimmy Caldwell who is in London for the Amateur boxing match between the USA and England at Wembley, 2nd November 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132427: Johnny Cesspooch USA v Peter Benneyworth England seen here at a Amateur Boxing contest at Wembley 2nd November 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132445: Exterior shots of London clubs. 13th November 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132466: Prisoners at Barlinnie Prison in Glasgow Scotland November 1964 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132475: Head warden John hay with Debbie, the Torque monkey at Lambton Pleasure Park in February 1975 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132476: Telephone girls at Whitley Bay Post Office try out the gas masks as they prepare for any eventuality during A.R.P training. August 1938 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132479: Chimney sweep in London with brush and rods, May 1937 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132482: A police officer directing traffic in central London, 1st February 1946 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132491: 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

MPX5132510: Actress Patricia Hayes with some of the cast of Relative Values at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on 13th June 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132543: The five members of the Tornados pop group Heinz Burt, George Bellamy, Roger Lavern, Alan Caddy and Clem Cattini in the boot of Clem Cattini's new Zodiac car. 7th November 1962 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132545: London Bus having puncture repaired on a busy street. 9th March 1933 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132555: Buses driven by volunteers seen here in Oxford Street during the 10th day of the General Strike, 1926 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132566: North East Shipwrecks 14th December, 1979 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132588: North East Shipwrecks - Pictured is the ¿2m bulk carrier Oregis which went aground on the treacherous Black Middens at the mouth of the River Tyne. The 1,000-ton Magnus X crane attempts to refloat the ship. 28th March, 1974 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132584: Woman Bus Conductor by Red Double Decker Buses - 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132594: North East Shipwrecks - 3rd October, 1979 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5132623: Birmingham Evening Mail, front page 'Raiders ambush city P.O. van', published 27th July 1973 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images