MPX5089220: Animals Dogs: He's scruffy looking... but lovable. He cost a few shillings when he was a little ball of wool. But to pensioner Selena Greenwood he's worth every penny of the £300 she has spent on him over the last 2 1/2yrs. Bobby you could call him an old English Sheepdog has spent the last 2 1/2 yrs living it up away from home ...with 5 star treatment at a boarding kennel because his mistress had no home for him after she came out of hospital. Now Bobby is being rehabilitated for soon he and his owner will be together again when she gets a home of her own. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5089281: The appealing youngsters with the big ears look too cuddly for words. But in a year or so they will grow up into quite a handful. They are servals, or African tiger-cats, and they are the first to be privately bred in Britain. They were born at the private animal sanctuary of TV naturalist Grahame Dangerfield, in Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, As they play "king of the castle" with the long-suffering "Tank", the leopard tortoise, they are just a couple of cuddly kittens. May 1971 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5089307: Michael Brown takes a pride in his work at the lion park. It's just a holiday job - but it's different. Michael, 16, of Chester-le-Street, County Durham, finds that even painting road markings in the park at nearby Lambton, carries a dash of adventure. But he's safe in the knowledge that two wardens armed with rifles are standing by to keep the lions in line. Don't look now, but there's a lion coming on to the line ... Michael just gets on with his painting. August 1974 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5089332: Joey, the pet pig, belonging to Mr. Arthur Ratcliffe, Ecton, Staffordshire, who is getting fan mail from people all over the country, pleading for his life to be spared. Joey (age 20 months), weigh 600-lbs, measures 6ft long and 3-ft high. He will have to die, says his master, because he has been allocated food by the Ministry of Food on condition that he is killed for bacon. Joey and his master taking a walk. November 1949 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5089448: All stars cricket match in aid of charity. A cricket match was held this afternoon at Seal (Kent) in aid of the Seal Over-Sixties Club and other local charities in which a team of stage and screen stars played the local XI. John Boulting and Ian Carmichael walking out to field. June 1960 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5089451: All stars cricket match in aid of charity. A cricket match was held this afternoon at Seal (Kent) in aid of the Seal Over-Sixties Club and other local charities in which a team of stage and screen stars played the local XI. Marion Ryan of TV fame autographing a cricket bat which was later raffled with Ian Carmichael holding it. June 1960 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5089472: Pedal Power Takes A Nosedive: It was great while it lasted. But the flight of Britain's latest man-powered aircraft ended rather abruptly on Sunday (19-3-72). The plane, grandly named Jupiter, came down to earth with a crash after being caught by a gust of wind at the Royal Air Force station at Benson, Oxfordshire. But for the pilot, 28-year-old Flight Lieutenant John Potter, it had been more than a more flight of fancy. The bicycle-driven plane, which has an 80-ft wingspan, had stayed aloft for 44-seconds and flown a creditable 500-yards, spurred on by his energetic pedalling. Flight Lieutenant Potter stepped unhurt from a tangle of broken balsa wood and plastic foil. All is not lost, however. The plane, built with the help of R.A.F. apprentices, will be ready to fly again in a couple of weeks. And they have their sights firmly set on the £10,000 prize being offered for a 1,760-yard flight over a figure-of-eight course. Pilot John Potter takes his place at the bicycle controls of Jupiter before setting off on his maiden flight. March 1972 / Bridgeman Images