MPX5134658: Cart and Van Horse Auction, New Kent Road, London, c. December 1947 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134659: Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The procession head down Cockspur Road from Trafalgar Square as crowds watch from the side of the road. 2nd June 1953 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134661: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Salote of Tonga sitting with Sultan Ibrahim of Kelantan in an open top coach as the procession makes its way to Hyde Park Corner. 2nd June 1953 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134671: Cart and Van Horse Auction, New Kent Road, London, c. December 1947 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134673: Cart and Van Horse Auction, New Kent Road, London, c. December 1947 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134676: A man with a horse, standing outside the site of a cart and van horse auction, New Kent Road, London, c. December 1947 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134679: World Record Motor Cycle Body Jump By Royal Artillery. Sergeant Major, Gled Hill, Bem, beats the world record by clearing 41 men. In an army barracks at Woolwich, London. 5th June 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134681: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The Golden State coach transporting the Queen, passing Northumberland Avenue on the way to Westminster Abbey for the ceremony. Square. 2nd June 1953 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134682: Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. A group of peers gathered together en route to Westminster Abbey for the ceremony. 2nd June 1953 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134683: Daily Mirror Political Correspondent John Desborough 1st September 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134691: Coronation of King George VI. Royal Scots guards eating sandwiches at Hyde Park Corner as they await the procession. 12th May 1937 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134692: Mrs Chand Lal-Sarin, the country's first Asian female magistrate, being sworn in as a magistrate, with her daughter Renu Lal. St Mary's Hall, 24th November 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134697: Coronation of King George VI. Two policemen stand on duty on the corner of Chancery Lane and Fleet Street before the arrival of the procession. 12th May 1937 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134698: Coronation of King George VI. The golden state coach containing King George VI passes through Admiralty Arch on The Mall as thousands of people cheer from the side of the road. 12th May 1937 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134705: The Queen's Guardsmen at Buckingham Palace, London, c. February 1948 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134712: School boys and women at the 1948 Model Engineer Exhibition at Seymour Hall, London. Children and women looking at a model of winding gear. January 1948 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134718: Customers at a 'Growers Fair Price Vegetable Market'. East Grinstead, West Sussex, August 1947.Customers at a 'Growers Fair Price Vegetable Market'. East Grinstead, West Sussex, August 1947 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134728: Coronation of King George VI. The procession passes through Trafalgar Square as thousands of people cheer from the side of the road. 12th May 1937 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134734: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The golden state coach with the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II holding the Sovereign's orb as the procession makes its way back to Buckingham Palace following the ceremony at Westminster Abbey. 2nd June 1953 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134740: Jack Brownless, maintenance manager of C.Horne & Co LTD tests the Saltburn Cliff Railway after overhaul. 22nd April 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134744: The residents of Hogarth Houses in Whitechapel, East London, watching a barrel organ player, c. 1947 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134745: Coronation of King George VI. Part of the huge crowd gathered in Trafalgar Square awaiting the arrival of golden state coach containing King George VI on its return to Buckingham Palace . 12th May 1937 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134752: Its the end of the line for Saltburn's halfpenny bridge - 15th December 1974 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134764: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen's coach passing through Admiralty Arch on the way to Westminster Abbey before the ceremony. 2nd June 1953 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134766: St Georges Day is celebrated in Newcastle with a military and civic service at the Cathedral. Pictured are the Northumberland Fusliers marching past the Stephenson Memorial where the Lord Mayor took the salutes. April 1933 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134768: Italian Parade in 'Little Italy' honouring Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Clerkenwell, London, c. 1948 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134777: HMS Victory at Portsmouth harbour, this photograph was taken in connection with the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1948, or Portsmouth treaty of 1948, which was signed in Portsmouth, Hampshire. 15th January 1948 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134799: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Peers outside Westminster Abbey, leaving after the ceremony. 2nd June 1953 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134809: Coronation of King George VI. St Johns Ambulance workers treating injured people in the crowd at Trafalgar Square, awaiting the procession. 12th May 1937 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134821: Coventry Ring Road construction, Warwick Road. 29th August 1973 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134822: Coventry Ring Road construction, Warwick Road. 29th August 1973 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134826: Office Cleaner Mrs Packham seen here on the tram from Vauxhall to Central London . 13th June 1946 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134827: Customers and staff at the Cider House on Harrow Road, London, c. 1946 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134836: Welsh singerTom Jones visited Corley Residential School's garden fete in Coventry and was presented with a silver tankard. The money raised at the fete will go to building a swimming pool at the school for delicate children. 10th June 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134841: Coventry cathedral during construction. 2nd June 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5134844: Coventry boxer Mick Leahy, training for his title fight. 21st May 1963 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images