MPX5158681: Topcliffe, Thirsk train crash. Aerial view of the 12.00 express train from King's Cross to Edinburgh which collided at speed with the wreckage of a derailed freight train around 15:17 on that day. Seven people were killed and 45 injured, 15 seriously. 31st July 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5157478: North East Shipwrecks - The South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade battled to save the captain and the 22 man crew of the Lebanese steamer Adelfotis II by using breeches buoy. The ship had been blown aground next to the Groyne lighthouse in South Shields by gale force winds. 20th January, 1963 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5157637: The touring Australian test team in England, visiting Southgate cricket club ahead of the Ashes test matches. One of Southgate's members Ross Collins snapped the chance to get a picture of fast bowler Jeffrey Thomson (far right) and Jim Higgs (centre) with Southgate captain Jim Conroy (left). 4th June 1975 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5157694: Second day of the private visit to London of American President John F. Kennedy and the First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy for the christening ceremony of their niece Anna Christina Radziwill, held at Westminster Abbey. An escort of motorcyclists flank the President's car as he leave the christening. 5th June 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images