Halifax Catholic Procession (c.1905)

Church school pupils set off for a trip to the famous Birmingham entertainment hall.

Well-to-do of Cork worshippers leaving St Patrick's Church.

Crowds throng the city streets to see a parade of beautifully turned out children in a festive parade.

A spectacular street procession in the heart of industrial West Yorkshire.

The faithful surge out of St James' Church onto a wind-swept street in Edwardian Hull.

A view of Mansfield's Bridge Street, as worshippers emerge from chapel.

One of the most industrious and enterprising towns of northern England takes a break to greet the novelty of the movie camera.

Women workers give voice to their puzzlement, anger and despair as years of hard work cleaning laundry for hospitals is discarded.

The lesson here is clear, do the right things in the workplace – wear totectors and Rozalex barrier cream – and all will be well, and if not there is a nurse on hand with a plaster.

Life in an army training camp as new squaddies, learning to drill and use a rifle, are joined by evacuees from Dunkirk, having a haircut and mixing up handball with football.

Marching in typical determined fashion in the pouring rain, through the empty streets of Bradford, these men of the Home Guard exude steeliness, pride and, possibly, relief.

Nothing is left out of this portrait of Halifax as it emerges into the 1970s, from the making of Quality Streets to its new high-rise flats, markets, pubs and recent immigrants.

Merchant Officer Robin Knox Johnston is the first person ever to complete a solo single-handed round-the-world yacht race.

An Edwardian Bolton Wanderers football team file onto a threadbare pitch

Workmen clean an oversized bottle perched on a factory chimney. At lunch, two beers are delivered to them by helicopter.

Liverpool students run riot for the annual rag race

PM David Lloyd George gets outdoors, hoeing potatoes in Criccieth, Wales

Travelogue following the historical route taken by Pilgrims from Winchester to Canterbury.