MPX5157426: Head of Laker Airways Freddie Laker in jubilant mood at Gatwick airport on the day of the inaugural flight of his transatlantic Skytrain service from Gatwick airport, London to JFK, New York. The flight can seat 345 passengers and will cost £59 for a ticket. Here he is pictured waving the English flag before the first flight. 26th September 1977 (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
MPX5157480: Trodden by the feet of generations, The Black Gate, once a main entrance to the city of Newcastle, remains little changed by the passage of time. The Black Gate was the last addition to the medieval Castle defences. Mrs Alice Pandrick standing outside the Black Gate, where she lived. 27th August, 1965 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5157558: Visiting dignitary, Mr Burkov (centre), Head of Novosti Agency, presents a russian tea urn, a Samovar, to Cecil King, Chairman of Daily Mirror Newspapers, Sunday Pictorial Newspapers and the International Publishing Corporation (1963-68), at Holborn, London, 3rd December 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images