MPX5169140: The umbrellas are out and the cars are skidding as thick snow falls on Stephenson's Monument, where Westgate Road joins Collingwood Street, in Newcastle, 1954 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167585: Ryder Cup, October 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167810: Actor Victor Spinetti took the cast of "Hair" up to visit his mother Mrs Lily Spinetti and gave her a Teddy Bear as a present They are pictured in the village of CWM, South Wales, December 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167996: Maurice Chevalier Actor filming at Shepperton for an American TV series, June 1956 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167971: Ava Gardner with Antonio the Spanish dancer, July 1955 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168088: Actor John Thaw stars as Redcap in tv series, 1966 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168191: Princess Diana Royalty presents awards to children at the champion children awards, November 1993 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168245: John Lennon as The Beatles set out on their celebrated tour of the West Country, 11th September 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168368: Jackie Collins, sister of actress Joan, when she was modelling, 1965 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168286: Princess Diana at the Birth right charity relaunch in London, November 1993 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168367: Jackie Collins, sister of actress Joan, when she was modelling, 1965 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168496: Prime Minister James Callaghan MP with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko at Heathrow Airport, March 1976 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168526: NASA Apollo XI Astronauts visit London, October 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168637: Actress Maggie Smith in her dressing room, April 1963 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168742: Blackpool Pop and Jazz Festival Sponsored by the Melody Makers at Blackpool's Winter Garden, June 1962 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5168877: Roger Daltrey Singer from the rock group The Who singing on stage, July 1989 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167241: Alannah Currie and Tom Bailey who form pop duo The Thompson Twins pictured inside the famous Doheny and Nesbitt bar in Dublin, February 1987 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167384: Screen Writer Sir Terence Rattigan, May 1964 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167719: Glasgow Sinners, dancers at the Cafe de Paris, March 1957 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5169332: British Grand Prix, Silverstone Graham Hill, July 1965 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5169524: Two elderly ladies having a chat, 16th August 1962 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166714: Charlie Hurley, 1970 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166903: Suffragette Lady Constance Lytton (right) during Suffragette Procession in London, October 1909 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167330: Queen Elizabeth ll with the Earl and Countess Mountbatten and Prince Charles (Future Charles III) and Princess Anne at the Polo ground, May 1954 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167549: Prince Charles (Future Charles III) and Prince Edward leaving St. George's Chapel at Windsor, 1978 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166657: Hippies at flower festival Festival of the Flower Children at Woburn Abbey, 28/08/1967 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166790: Newcastle students went to a lot of trouble to raise money for charity with their Rag Parade, 7th November 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166812: A butcher shows his method of giving everyone a 'turn' for off the ration meats, 28th January 1947 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165442: A group of young women enjoying the sun, on the grass at St. John's Church just off Grainger Street, Newcastle, June 1973 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166043: David Lloyd George MP Liberal leader August 1925 at Killerton Park, 1925 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166740: The scene at Cramlington Aerodrome as the AD1 (ADI), (G-FAAX) the first non-rigid airship built in the UK since World War One, came out for its first flight. It's progress was keenly followed by members of Newcastle Aero Club and officials of Cramlington Aerodrome. The airship was later destroyed in a storm in Belgium in 1930. Captain Angus Weir McColl (left) fastening white heather to the wires of the airship for luck and Mr J W Long, coxswain, ready for the start. 13th September, 1929 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166858: Prince of Wales leaving Barras Bridge in Newcastle With Sir George Renwick, 6th July 1923 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167015: Yachting at Cowes Aug 1964 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167043: Ava Gardner 1954 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167411: James Smith father of triplets, James Smith Jeremiah Smith and David Smith with sister Louise Smith 1963 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5167495: Jazz Singer Marion Montgomery, November 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images