MPX5135114: THE SEVENTIES were a time of strikes and, in December 1974, the big national bakers decided to follow suit, demanding a 66% pay rise. Staff of larger firms had empty shelves and had to turn away dozens of customers. Small bakeries were working full-out but were unable to meet the demand as shops phoned in for extra supplies. Yeast sales went up as housewives decided to bake their own bread. (Picture) This shop in the Upper Richmond road, Sheen is not involved in the dispute and the picture shows the queue awaiting the 9:15 am delivery. The bread was stacked in the window and 15 minutes later it was gone. 3rd December 1974 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5135121: THE SEVENTIES were a time of strikes and, in December 1974, the big national bakers decided to follow suit, demanding a 66% pay rise. Staff of larger firms had empty shelves and had to turn away dozens of customers. Small bakeries were working full-out but were unable to meet the demand as shops phoned in for extra supplies. Yeast sales went up as housewives decided to bake their own bread. (Picture) This shop in the Upper Richmond road, Sheen is not involved in the dispute and the picture shows the queue awaiting the 9:15 am delivery. The bread was stacked in the window and 15 minutes later it was gone. 3rd December 1974 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5135123: THE SEVENTIES were a time of strikes and, in December 1974, the big national bakers decided to follow suit, demanding a 66% pay rise. Staff of larger firms had empty shelves and had to turn away dozens of customers. Small bakeries were working full-out but were unable to meet the demand as shops phoned in for extra supplies. Yeast sales went up as housewives decided to bake their own bread. (Picture) This shop in the Upper Richmond road, Sheen is not involved in the dispute and the picture shows the queue awaiting the 9:15 am delivery. The bread was stacked in the window and 15 minutes later it was gone. 3rd December 1974 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5135141: Pop singer and actress Marianne Faithfull who has recently left Bexley Hospital, after being cured of heroin addiction is pictured here with her new boyfriend Oliver Musker, aged 23, an antique dealer. Marianne and Oliver will be flying off later this week to the island of Bali as part of her convalescence. 3rd October 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5135173: Gerard Gardens, a tenement block in Liverpool city centre. Designed and built in the 1930s by Architect, Sir Lancelot Keay. 11 families of Gerard Gardens celebrate a victory over Liverpool City Council. A judge kicked out the council's application to throw out the families and flatten the homes, where some of them have lived since before the war. 7th August 1986 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5135263: With an assorted crew of barmen, kitchen staff, hostesses, their families The clubship "Landfall", formerly tank landing craft LCT7074, which took part in the D-Day landings in Normandy eased into its new berth at Salthouse dock 16th April 1971 . 21st August 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5135267: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit Lansbury estate, which was to be a Festival of Britain showpiece in Poplar. There would be an exhibition about building research, town planning and architecture and the "Live architecture" exhibit of buildings, open spaces and streets. 9th November 1950 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images