MPX5120587: Yachtsman Alec Rose received a hero's welcome as he sailed into Portsmouth and steps ashore at the Southsea Jetty after his 354-day round-the-world trip. A crowd in excess of 250,000 people had gathered to congratulate the Portsmouth greengrocer on his 28,500-mile solo trip around the globe, July 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5137260: This is the sight that greets travellers as they enter Swansea by train. It is one of the derelict factory sites in the Landore district which, say Swansea and District Employment Committee, deter industrialists from coming to the area. This week (15th January 1960) the committee decided to write to the owner of one site in Morriston asking that it be tidied up so that firms could be invited there., 14th January 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images