MPX5076220: World War II Women: Maldon (Essex) G.T.C. Company girls are fast becoming crack rifle shots. Maldon Ladies Rifle Club have taken them under their wing and are allowing them to use the guns and range. The Commandant is a keen shot and teaches them. This is part of their training besides the usual G.T.C. training. P.T. drill is part of the training for these girls as well as morse and handywomen training etc. March 1944 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5076224: World War II Women. In order to see the life and work which they themselves may one day have to undertake, members of a N.W. (Liverpool) company of the Girls' Training Corps recently paid a visit to a gun site manned by Ack-Ack girls. Pix shows the visitors learning how to use various instruments and apparatus on the site. September 1942 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5076282: Entertainment: Television Programmes: Filming the "Man Hunt" series for London Weekend Television, actress Cyd Hayman is one of a trio of French resistance people escaping from occupied France. Cyd plays Anne-Marie Poitiers (code name Nina) and today she underwent a cold and wet day's filming as escape sequences were shot at Thames Weir near Marlow, Bucks. Cyd Hayman in the river during Fliming. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5076330: Clothing: By Maryse Usher. This is the gear for showing off a little leg here, a shoulder there. And if you feel like covering up, this super skirt and gypsy blouse to match does that very well, too. In black and chocolate brown printed cotton, by Spectrum, it costs £11 and comes in sizes 10-14. From The Gallery, 234 King's Road, London, S.W.3 (Mail order 20p extra). November 1973 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5076346: Children. Toys: The British Toy Manufacturers Association held a pre-Christmas display of new British Toys at the Waldorf Hotel, W.C.2. Holding the latest design in dolls - one which will blow up a balloon when its arms are moved is 6 year old Gail McIlroy of Wallington, Surrey. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5076367: Entertainment. Theatre: Flying High that exactly what Hayley Mills will be doing shortly - across the stage the New Victoria Theatre, where she opens on the 19th of December as the 39th 'Peter Pan', Today at the Garrick Theatre Hayley met her co stars Louise Rush (20) who plays 'Wendy' and Bill Travers who plays her villainous enemy 'Captain Hook'. Harley Mills (left) and Louise Rush - get their feet off the ground. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5076387: Entertainment. Theatre: Flying High that exactly what Hayley Mills will be doing shortly - across the stage the New Victoria Theatre, where she opens on the 19th of December as the 39th 'Peter Pan', Today at the Garrick Theatre Hayley met her co stars Louise Rush (20) who plays 'Wendy' and Bill Travers who plays her villainous enemy 'Captain Hook'. Harley Mills (left) and Louise Rush - get their feet off the ground. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5076397: Entertainment. Military Navy: Twenty ships divers from H.M.S. Hermes joined in with 14 year old Janet Abercombie the English and Welsh Diving Champion, making a forbidding 45 ft dive into Portsmouth Harbour from the top deck of H.M.S. Hermes. It was all in aid of promotion shots for a special edition of Thames Television's "Opportunity Knocks" to be screened on 10th November. Janet Abercombie with some of the divers from H.M.S. Hermes, before the dive. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5076626: Fashions of the 11th Annual Poultry Feather Hat Competition were being shown at the Caf Royal, Regent Street . Irene Moffatt took a trip down to Smithfield market to show the porters what a good bird should look like! She is wearing the prize winning entry in the Garment section called "Fluffy Chick" a swimsuit, hat, slippers and goggles made entirely of turkey feathers. The outfit was made by Mrs. N. Murphy of Cork, Eire, who wins £35, and took her 40 hours to make. Irene is pictured, 'weighing in' on the turkey scales. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images