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MPX5079275: Over 60 teams from all over the country took part in the National Indoor Tug-of-War Championships at the National Recreation Centre at Crystal Palace, London today. Some contestants pictured during one of the event today. It is a sport that gives some very unusual facial expressions to the audience. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5079280: W.A.A.Fs. at Upper Heyford R.A.F. Camp have now packed over half a million parachutes with which live jumps have been made by paratroopers wirthout incident. The W.A.A.Fs. refolding a recently used parachute. Eact girl re-packs on an average 10 parachutes a day. January 1948 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5079286: Over 60 teams from all over the country took part in the National Indoor Tug-of-War Championships at the National Recreation Centre at Crystal Palace, London today. Some contestants pictured during one of the event today. It is a sport that gives some very unusual facial expressions to the audience. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5079337: Mill chimneys in Brook Yard, Hipperholme, near Halifax, were demolished. Susan Heviour, Josephine Woodhouse, Ruth Collins, and Patricia Fairbank, fifth form students at Brighouse Heathfield Secondary Modern School, hold their ears as the last crack goes to demolish the biggest chimney of them all. October 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5080143: Animals Big cats. When Lucifer the 10 year old male puma at Chessington Zoo developed a slight limp, the Animal Superintendent, suspected ingrowing claws. Here is the latest method used to arrest and perform an operation on a wild animal without it being completely made unconscious. An anaesthetised dart is fired from an air pistol or in the case of long distances, a rifle, and the anaesthetic tranquilises and sedates the wild animal without necessarily rendering it completely unconscious, and without unnecessary suffering. Supt. Eddie Orbell checks his watch on the time the drug is taking effect. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5080162: Wandsworth Prisoners Get A 1920Ís Christmas: For 500 prisoners of Wandsworth Prison there's a special treat in store, they get a 1920th Christmas for a 1920th Dance Band, Father Christmas and Flapper. The treat is given by the Pasadena Roof Orchestra who have recently sprung to fame with the creation of the 1920's Dance Band Music, who at 1.30 p.m. will bring Christmas Cheer to 500 long term prisoners. December 1974 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5080187: Wandsworth Prisoners Get A 1920Ís Christmas: For 500 prisoners of Wandsworth Prison there's a special treat in store, they get a 1920th Christmas for a 1920th Dance Band, Father Christmas and Flapper. The treat is given by the Pasadena Roof Orchestra who have recently sprung to fame with the creation of the 1920's Dance Band Music, who at 1.30 p.m. will bring Christmas Cheer to 500 long term prisoners. December 1974 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5080283: Unusual/Humour/Car. Due to the Electricians strike the petrol pumps at White Service Station, Ongar, Essex were out of action until the innovation of the converted bicycle for manual pumping. The garage offered quadruple stamps for anyone wishing to pedal themselves. December 1970 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5080338: Rehearsing for National Parade: The National Association of Training Corps for Girls are to hold a national birthday parade in May in the Wirral. Manchester members of the Girls' Training Corps and the Womens' Junior Air Corps have been chosen to form a guard of honour at the parade. Shows girsl of the two organisations rehearsing for the guard of honour. April 1945 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5080388: Animals: Esme The V.S.B. They've got a V.S.B. down at Longleat in Wiltshire. The Very Special Baby is Esme the hippo. She was born two months ago and is making rapid progress on her daily diet which includes fourteen pints of milk and a dozen or so egg yolks. April 1973 / Bridgeman Images