Pele gets mobbedThe swirling frenzy around Pel at the end of the World Cup final in 1970 made for this wonderfully dynamic picture. Notice all the photographers scrabbling for the perfect shot, the ecstatic man in the striped shirt confronting the topless hero, and even the big sombrero popping into frame on the right its a scene rich with eccentric characters revelling in a moment of footballing history. Pels gravity defying header against Italy in the 19th minute

which destroyed nearly 40% of their homes

who beat Betty Stöve in the final

Guardian photographer Denis Thorpe was on a whirlwind tour of Cumbria in November 1990

Photograph: Gerry Cranham / Offside

I think he’d forgotten I was there

was taken a few weeks before his first bout with the British fighter Henry Cooper at Wembley

“It couldn’t be anywhere but the north of England

He and his team-mates also recorded the now famous “Leeds

Seve Ballesteros at St Anne's in 1979

Great Gable and Scafell Pike

with basic fitness equipment

where you will find locals engaged in daily work among a rich mix of sights