MPX5128835: Sunday times writer and former golfing correspondent for the Daily Herald Henry Longhurst receives his Special Award at the IPC National Press Awards Presentation Lunch at the Savoy Hotel, London. Right is Lord Shawcross who presented the prize, 16th April 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5128912: A BEA Hawker Siddeley Trident airliner, operating as a British European Airways (BEA) scheduled commercial passenger flight from London Heathrow Airport to Brussels, crashed near the town of Staines on Sunday, 18 June 1972, less than three minutes after take-off. All 118 persons on board were killed. The accident became known as the Staines disaster, and was the worst air disaster in Britain until the Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. The Trident crash wreckage pictured at Farnborough. 01/12/1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5128916: A BEA Hawker Siddeley Trident airliner, operating as a British European Airways (BEA) scheduled commercial passenger flight from London Heathrow Airport to Brussels, crashed near the town of Staines on Sunday, 18 June 1972, less than three minutes after take-off. All 118 persons on board were killed. The accident became known as the Staines disaster, and was the worst air disaster in Britain until the Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, 18/06/1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5128926: The Beatles in the studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios, London). That morning, during a photo session, Ringo Starr had become seriously ill and had to be hospitalized. Since The Beatles were scheduled to leave on a world tour the very next morning, it was too late to cancel the tour. Brian Epstein and George Martin arranged for a temporary drummer to take Ringo's place for the first part of the tour, and the drummer selected was Jimmy Nicol, someone who they knew to be talented but who was unknown enough not to be mistaken as a permanent replacement for Ringo. On the spur of a last-minute phone call from George Martin, Nicol rushed over to EMI Studios, where he and The Beatles ran through six songs from their tour repertoire in a quick rehearsal ("I Want to Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You", "I Saw Her Standing There", "This Boy", "Can't Buy Me Love", and "Long Tall Sally"), Just 27 hours later, drummer Jimmy Nicol was performing live with The Beatles in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 3, 1964 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5128467: What better birthday present than a cuddle from pop star David Essex. That was the surprise treat arranged for a Coventry fan by her friends and workmates yesterday. They worked frantically all day to arrange for Denise Cave to meet her idol back-stage at the Apollo Theatre, Coventry, before the pop star's show. She had been given a front seat ticket for the show as a present for her 23rd birthday but then could not go because it clashed with another important event arranged without her knowledge. So her friends Maureen Dix and Alison Bayliss decided to do something about it and the special meeting was fixed up by "Coventry Evening Telegraph" entertainments editor Peter McGarry. After meeting David, she went on to the Plough pub in London road, Coventry where she was again the centre of attention. Denise was a leading light in raising £1,600 for the city's Enterprise Club for the disabled and last night took part in a special presentation to the club of which she is a member. And her verdict on yesterday's meeting: "It's the best birthday present I've ever had," she said. "But he's really skinny." 15th September 1981 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5128555: Five smiling dancers who were breaking new ground with the Caprian Amateur Operatic and Drama Society, back in April 1970. For the society was the first amateur group in the Tyneside area to tackle the musical farce A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum which was presented for six nights at the Gateshead Little Theatre. The dancers are, front row, left, Catherine Lazenby and Carol Bannerman; (back row) Margaret Davis, Enid Stafford and Pam Johnson, 16 April 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5128565: The Gossamer Albatross human-powered aircraft built by American aeronautical engineer Dr Paul B MacCready. On June 12, 1979 it completed the first successful human-powered aircraft crossing of the English Channel to win the second Kremer prize of £100,000. The plane is seen here on a practise flight. Circa :15/05/1979 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images