MPX5074427: National sewing contest fashion show and prize giving. Entries from all over the country flooded into the national Sewing Contest, results of which were shown today at the Mayfair Hotel, London in the from of a fashion show which included all the regional winners and the national winners. As a finale 5 yr old Jacqueline Domey rode a pony on to the stage wearing Jodhpurs and jacket made by her cousin, National Prize Winner Miss Deborah Fuge, of Cornwall. A model wears a beach outfit in narrow striped white and yellow comprising bloomers, bra, coat and outsize sun hat, made by Mrs. E.J. Lawrence, Bexley Heath, Kent. June 1951 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5074693: "Your tea, madame" says the Lake District constable as he opens up the cells to arouse a holiday maker who had nowhere else to sleep the night. Scenes like this were not uncommon at Kendal, where every holiday makes who could not find accommodation went to the police station looking for help. Those who said they would "sleep anywhere" were fitted up in a cell for the night. They had to leave early next morning, but received apologies of the police for accommodation which was not entirely up to "Grand Hotel" standards. April 1946 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5074790: Fashion 1960s. Today (25.6.62) the Wimbledon championships start. Which means a lot of tennis and a little fashion. Yesterday (24.6.62) was "getting to know you" day for the stars. Which meant a little tennis and a lot of fashion. Under the chestnut trees at London's Hurlingham Club, the women showed off their outfits at a reception staged by the International Lawn Tennis Association of Great Britain. So did one of the men. America's Gardnar Mulloy. Side by side in Fred Perry dresses are Florence de la Courtie, from France, and Silvana Lazzarino, from Italy. Silvana's dress is trimmed with ostrich feathers. For Florence, it's frills. June 1962 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5075381: People Women Humour: Sixty-five 'big women invaded the BBC-TV Centre at White City tonight (Thurs) as a result of an appeal by the Women's AAA Secretary Marea Hartman on Sportsnight With Coleman. Marea Hartman interviews the girls in search of potential internationals. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images