MPX5159396: All 19 Veteran Cars due to take part in Saturdays veteran car pageant and rally, organised by the Middlesbrough Accident Prevention Council, arrive safely back in Middlesbrough after a 33 mile round trip to Saltburn. Crowds line the route at Redcar as Mayor Alderman Reg Thompson is pictured taking a ride in the oldest vehicle in the parade, a 1901 De Dion owned by Mr R H S Lung of Crowie, Lincolnshire, 31st July 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5160505: A Huddersfield librarian has written a children's musical which could become a vital part of teaching in schools. Mrs. Louie Carr's story, The Beetle and the Bookworm, was given its first performance at Rawthorpe Junior School. She is behind the script and the lyrics, which explain alphabetical order, encyclopaedias and dictionaries. The music has been written by a local teacher Mrs. Margaret Edwards. Mrs. Carr says it's vital that pupils doing GCSE courses are familiar with basic library and study skills and she reckons the best time to start is when they are at primary schools. Kirklees Libraries section is now interested in making sure that the musical is available to schools throughout the area. Two booklets about library skills by Mrs. Carr have proved popular all over the world. 7th July 1989 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5160667: A new craze - Fancy suits worn by trawler fishermen at Lowestoft. Hylton Brighty, aged 16, wearing a white suit trimmed with black, watching him with interest are Mary Kampkin, 18, of Colindale (with headscarf) and Linda Suthers, of Kingsbury, who are both on holiday in Suffolk. 19th July 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5160772: Lerwick Up Helly Aa festival is a tradition that originated in the 1880s. Since then the festival has been an annual occurrence in the Shetland calendar. Our Picture Shows. The Up Helly Aa procession. After nightfall the replica Viking long ship galley is dragged through the streets of the town in a torchlight procession. The torchbearers are the members of all the guizer squads , led by the Jarl Squad. After the singing of the Up Helly Aa song, the guizers throw their torches into the galley. 27th January 1976 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images