MPX5080034: At the Society of British Aircraft Constructors' Flying Display at Farnborough, Hampshire, today a plane taken off the Secret List only this morning made a last minute appearance at 6.30 this evening. It was the Avro 707, an experimental jet propelled aircraft which flew across the airfield at a very high speed before landing. September 1949 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5080059: The Argentinian Avant Garde Group. The company makes its British debut starting on 17th November, at The place in 17 Duke's Road, W.C.1. They will perform two plays, "Dracula" and Goddess". The eight young men members of the company are made up of poets, actors, sculptors and dancers from the Argentine. "The Goddess", played by Facundo Bo with one of the people Marucha Bo. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5080158: There is quite a lively atmosphere at the Montagu Arms Public House in Kender Street New Cross. A band is playing, compress sing and tell jokes and syas from time to time wait for it. And then eventually it appears and it is Stripper Jackie. Jackie appears dressed up as Charlie Chaplin and finished up more or less stripped the bear is excellent. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5080193: Animals Big cats. When Lucifer the 10 year old male puma at Chessington Zoo developed a slight limp, the Animal Superintendent, suspected ingrowing claws. Here is the latest method used to arrest and perform an operation on a wild animal without it being completely made unconscious. An anaesthetised dart is fired from an air pistol or in the case of long distances, a rifle, and the anaesthetic tranquilises and sedates the wild animal without necessarily rendering it completely unconscious, and without unnecessary suffering. Fixing the dart into the gun. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5080263: Unusual/Humour: Outdoor Haircuts: 'He' is the name of a very plush gents hairdressers, in the High Street, Plaistow, E.13. with teak formica tops to the basins, Knotty pine wood on the walls, padded seats for the costomers, Then came the power cuts- so the staff not wanting to dissapoint their costomers, moved their chairs onto the pavement, and carried on as usual, using instant shave from a can and hand clippers. December 1970 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5080287: The Bio-Chemistry Department at Birmingham University houses a very unusual school - The British School of Malting and Brewing. Albert Wadeson, a technical assistant at Birmingham University's Department of Bio-Chemistry takes a specific gravity reading from beer brewed by students; in the background is the school's miniature brewery. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5078348: Aviation/Air/Accidents: An R.A.F. Transport Command Dakota aircraft got into difficulties after leaving Croydon today and crashed in the garden of a house in Mitchley Avenue, Purley, this evening. Two of the crew were killed and the rest injured. The wreckage of the aircraft. October 1945 / Bridgeman Images