Blackpool Outdoor Dog Show 1960

Fun mixture of natural history and wartime public information.

The Ocean Coal Co. employed not just miners but also shepherds, as evidenced here. Tom Jones of Treorchy protects the company's assets above ground with care and great skill.

Cowboys, Carnivals and Mayors on the slide appear alongside the most beserk and hilarious donkey race you'll ever see in Sussex

Brighton's crowds thrill to the sight of Billy Smart's Circus parading through their town in this film from the 1950s

Enjoy this heartwarming film about neglected horses, ponies and donkeys being re-habilitated at 'Cherry Tree Farm' in leafy Surrey

Sink or swim as Rub and his chums are set adrift

Hold on tight! We're off, riding the wooden rollercoaster at Blackpool's Pleasure Beach.

A tribute to Lancashire, land of industry, leisure, sublime landscape - and laundry detergent

It’s Easter and men, women and children all over England enjoy a day out, be it on the beach, at the races or at the zoo

Blackpool goes plane crazy

A concise and colourful history of the feature that every seaside resort should have.

A grand day out, as three generations of the Preston family enjoy a day at the seaside.

A sorry end to any ship: timings, tide and wind played their part in pushing HMS Conway onto the Platters rocks in the Menai Strait on 14/4/1953.

The wet and warm ale goes down a treat as aficionados gather to celebrate real ale.

Sea pinks and samphire, lighthouses and church ruins – Llanddwyn’s charms are many and varied.

Experimentation with a coat for two leaves couples with really no escape.

Progressive gathering of festival goers hits the blues.

Another blustery summer day in the 1950s and it's Lower Penn's carnival parade.