MPX5165550: The first bananas to arrive in the North East post-war at New Bridge Street goods station, February 1946 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165586: Eamon De Valera who went on to become Ireland's Taoiseach and President, 26th January 1933 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165745: Polar Bear and Bear Cub, 23rd March 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165603: The King and Queen visited Coventry, 25th February 1942 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165663: Coastal steamer ship Princess Marguerite leaving Clydebank on the River Clyde, March 1925 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166069: Pope John Paul II in Poland, June 1979 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167039: Audrey Hepburn and jack Hawkins. January 1955 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166975: Princess Diana the Princess of Wales. (North East visits) The princess visiting Cleveland. 23 September 1992 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167412: Gonks Go Beat, September 1964 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167451: The Beatles pose together before their gig at at the cinema in Carlisle, 21st November 1963 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167695: A rail quad cycle seen here over taking a stationary steam locomotive has the driver and the fireman scratching their heads in amusement, May 1963 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166403: Evacuation of children, September 1939 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166408: Rescue workers continue the search for victims engulfed when a slag heap collapsed at Aberfan, South Wales, 21st October 1966 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166814: A Clothing Book for 1947-48 of clothes rationing, 14th March 1949 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165323: Enoch Powell Conservative MP with wife Margaret 1973 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165153: Princess Diana - Nov 1985 with Nancy Reagan at the White House in Washington / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165210: Jane Birkin and husband Serge Gainsbourg, pictured shopping in Berwick Street market, London, April 1977. / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168258: Joan Collins Actress shakes hands with Princess Diana after a charity performance of the play Private Lives, September 1990 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168657: Actress Hayley Mills and Pola Negri on the set of the film The Moon Spinners, November 1963 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168864: The Beatles pictured at the London residence of "Daily Mirror" show biz journalist Donald Zec, 9th September 1963 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167770: Actress Cathy O'Donnell between takes during the making of the film Ben Hur in Rome, October 1958 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167891: Actor Mario Fabrizi at beauty contest 1961 The Girl of The Year with 22 year old Brenda Sawyer model, August 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167860: George Lazenby Australian actor 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167881: Actress Julie Newmar who played Catwoman in the Batman TV series, 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168248: Luciano Pavarotti Opera Singer kisses the hand of Princess Diana as Prince Charles looks on after the rain soaked Pavarotti in the Park concert in Hyde Park in London, July 1991 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168365: Joss Ackland Actor with family at Christmas, 20th December 1964 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168374: Harold MacMillan MP riding on model railway, June 1962 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168157: The Rolling Stones backstage before their appearance on Sunday Night at the London Palladium, 22nd January 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168929: Princess Margaret is shown local produce as she tours Trinidad on a Royal Visit, August 1955 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168965: Princess Diana Funeral, 6th September 1997 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5169039: A betting shop situated in the City, London which prefers not to do business in cash, May 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5169532: Two old ladies wearing hats and spectacles, 16th August 1962 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168012: Elizabeth Taylor with Husband Mike Todd showing off her diamond ring, April 1957 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5169115: Air raids on the North-East during April, 1941 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5169205: Rolling Stones, 7th October 1965 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167568: Bing Crosby in Scotland playing golf, 1976 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images