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MPX5092603: Today, George Brown opened the Facit Office, of Workshop Landscape, at Facit Office Equipment Ltd., Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent. The Facit Group is one of the World's largest manufacturers of office machines - one of the largest industrial groups in Sweden. George Brown and Swedish Ambassador, Leif Belfrage at the unveiled plaque. January 1970 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5088340: Two window-cleaners working in a cradle up the Post Office Tower this morning had a cold three hours when owing to a fault the cradle jammed at the bottom of the tower. The firebrigade unable to reach the men with the fire-escape took out a window to affect a rescue. Window cleaners stuck in crane. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5088510: Hit song writer Graham Gouldman who has produced top ten numbers for The Hollies, Herman's Hermits and the Yardbirds, was married yesterday to Miss Susan Gottlieb, a jeweller's daughter, in Mancherster. The couple are seen leaving the Holy Law Synogogue at Prestwich after the ceremony. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5087654: Education: Children at St. Aidens R.C. Junior School; Ashington, Northumberland, where they run their own newspaper. Left to right, holding up their newspaper: Caroline Cop, 10, (reporter), Carol Bambynek, 10 (editor), Michael Athey, 9, (photographer), and Susan Easton, 10 (fashion editor). November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5087900: Chancellor's budget inflates the population. Budget, the dog owned by Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe, has given Britain a boost. In a move expected to stimulate demand in the pet food sector, the Jack Russell terrier has sired four puppies. Their arrival followed a meeting between Budget and a bitch from Charlwood, Sussex. The pups had a visit on Sunday March 21 from their father, accompanied by Lady Howe and her daughter Amanda, 22. Family Supplement. Lady Howe cuddles the pups while Amanda holds daddy Budget. March 1982 / Bridgeman Images