ZUM4836810: Apr. 04, 1953 - Three Feared Dead As Homes Sink Into Rail Tunnel Near Manchester: Three people were delivered to have lost their lives - when three houses collapsed into the railway tunnel - known locally as “Black Harry” (Swinton over which they had been built in Temple Drive, near Manchester today. The tunnel had been used as an ammunition dump during the war / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4836850: Apr. 04, 1953 - Three Feared Dead As Homes Sink Into Rail Tunnel Near Manchester: Three people were believed to have lost their lives - when three houses collapsed into the railway tunnel, known locally as” Black Harry” - over which they had been built in Temple drive, near Swinton, near Manchester, today.. The tunnel had been used as an ammunition dump during the war / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4836981: Apr. 04, 1953 - The Ghurkhas arrives for the coronation. Two men with their kitbags: A contingent of about 150 Gurkhas, including a pipe band of 60 arrived at Pirbright Camp, Surrey this afternoon, in readiness for the Coronation. They travelled by train from Southampton to Brookwood / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4837232: Apr. 07, 1953 - The floodlit scene of the great circus of the Passion pay at Grassina, showing Christ on the Cross with the two crucified either side.Christ's Passion Re Enachetd In Italy: Every Good Friday, thousands of visitors, many from overseas, flock to Grassina, near Florence, Italy, to see the re-enactment of Christ's journey to the Cross and the Crucifixion. Some six hundred people take party in the ceremony. The procession is led by Roman soldiers and includes the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalen and Judas. Lastly comes Christ carrying the heavy cross. The man who plays the part of Christ has nothing to eat the day before the ceremony, he real suffers carrying the heavy cross which lends great drama and realism to the performance.When the procession reaches the to p of Calvary Hill, the music of Handel.Wagner, Verdi and Rossini is played, the three crosses ate illuminated by flood lighting provided by the Italian Army Engineers and a dramatic climax is give by the outbreak of a terrible storm. / Bridgeman Images