Bright sources selected at 151 MHz: Pt. 1

High-resolution observations are presented of 44 extragalactic radio sources having flux densities >6 Jy at 152 MHz. The Palomar Sky Survey prints have been searched for identifications and 11 new candidates have been found, in addition to the 11 already known. Two of the sources mapped, 1018 + 80 and 4C 38.27, are sufficiently bright to be included in the 3CR sample of Laing, Riley and Longair (1983. Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 204, 151) [S(151)≥12 Jy]; otherwise, as examination of the sources in the two regions of the 6C catalogue already published shows, the effects of confusion and resolution on the membership of the Laing et al. sample are very small. A sample complete to a slightly lower flux density [S(151)>9.5 Jy] in the two 6C regions is presented and discussed briefly. (author)