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MPX5071288: Sport: The South African springbok rugby team that flew in yesterday to be welcomed by anti-apartheid demonstrators at London Airport were shouted at and had banners waved in their faces during their practice session at the Richmond Athletic Association ground at Richmond this morning. The demonstrators were escorted from the ground by the police. The springbok players pictured during training this morning. October 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5075193: Fashion - Misc. Rock fashions through the ages. You can rock around the clock with this great, new idea in reversible clothes that convert into a variety of gear - including a carrying bag. Designed by three artist musicians, the Jac-Pac leaves plenty of room for those other essential bits and pieces. The Jac-Pac, for girls of all ages, costs from £35 at Splash. Take your pick.....The Jac-Pac. July 1982 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5075220: Fashion - 1970s. From bloomers to briefs. Bloomers, droopy drawers, passion killers, knickers, panties, briefs - no matter what they have been labelled in the past 100 years, women's unmentionables have always done vital undercover work in the wonderful world of fashion,. Demure or daring, naughty or nice practical or fun, all these things have had their place in this century of undie-wear. There were baggy bloomers and rib-crusher corsets of the 1880s which hoisted bosoms to wondrous heights and made a girl think twice about sitting down. Next came the excruciating waist-nippers of the 1900's that had maidens striving for an 18-inch middle and dropping like flies in a faint to get one. On to the high-kicking 1920s and it was boop-boop-a-doop elasticated knicker-legs and down with the bust in a flat-as-a- pancake bra. Come 1940 things were looking decidedly sexy with saucy oo-la-la camiknickers that made mum fear her daughter would catch her death of cold. Then in the 60s the squeeze was on bottoms with wriggle-on roll-ons that were the despair of every enthusiastic bottom-pincher. And finally we come to 1977 and the freedom-loving liberated girls who have made brief-is-beautiful the rule of the day. 1977 keeping down to the bare essentials. November 1977 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5075244: Clothing. Bright flares. The revolution is over. Long live trousers! Now that they are here to stay, trousers have gone all wide and cheeky. Sumptuous in crep, brocade, satin. Flaring really wide from the knee, or ending in cuffs. The bell bottom hip hip hoorays. On top go slinky blouses, glittery jackets, or a demure chemise top. Like the ones we show here. All in the shops now making autumn swing. October 1972 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5071447: Accidents. York Terrace, Ragents park, gutted by fire: Standing at the end of a turntable ladder 50 feet above the ground facing smoke and flames a fireman plays a jet of water on to part of a five storey building destroyed by fire in York Terrace, Ragents park last night. The fireman was one of Ioo called to deal with the blaze in a part of York Terrace which was being reconstructed. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5071492: Shown at London's first post-war non-austerity fashion show, a black taffeta frock with a huge bustle at the back, just right for cocktails or a party. The double frill of stiff white lace round the neckline is repeated again on the slip underneath to peep out as the skirt swings while walking. It is topped by a hat made of the same lace and black ribbon. May 1946 / Bridgeman Images