MPX5135824: In an endeavour to take the church to the people, a church service, complete with choir, is held in one of Newcastle-On-Tyne's main streets, Tyne and Wear. Immediately after evening service at St. John's Church, the vicar and congregation walks through the streets to hold a service somewhere in the Parish. The idea was originated because war workers, whose duties prevented them attending ordinary services through the day, could take part. Here is the scene, with passers by joining in. September 1944 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135835: Punters- ready for the 'off at a betting shop. 6th June 1979 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135842: The easiest way of offending Cleo Laine is to suggest that most people still think of her as a jazz/blues singer. "You can't have been following my career very closely...that's what people say who don't go to my performances," comes the crisp reply. "The way the media put tags on people is quite odious and can restrict a career." Point taken, she has done a lot besides jazz. She earned herself acclaim in various West End productions, from straight roles in "Hedda Gabler" and Shakespeare and musicals, operas and as a soloist with major orchestras. But surely we can be forgiven for thinking of her first as half of that superbly successful jazz partnership with her composer husband John Dankworth? And they are together again in the new musical "Colette," written for her by John Dankworth, which had its world premier at the Alexander Theatre, Birmingham on Tuesday, and will run there for two weeks before transferring to the West End. "Colette" is based on the life of the famous French novelist who created "Gigi." They have a 350-seat theatre/concert hall at their Wavendon, Bucks. home, where they experimented with songs and readings to see what would be viable as a stage production. 1st September 1980 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135843: Children of St Chads Roman Catholic School at Snow Hill station in Birmingham, evacuees at the start of World War Two, 26th August 1939 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135853: Larry Parnes (left) and John Kennedy (centre), Managers of singer Tommy Steele, who is pictured sleeping on sofa, 28th April 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135863: Dundas Arcade, Shopping Centre, 9th November 1979 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135972: Clifforf Mill, Stratford-upon-Avon. 29/08/1952 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135984: Sunday Mercury dancing Final at the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool., c. 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135986: Busy scenes on the Daily Herald news desk, 1964 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135988: Sunday Mercury dancing Final at the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool., c. 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135992: Bury Street (A4180), Ruislip, London (formerly Middlesex) old forge to be demolished and road widened. St Martins Church in the background, c. 1929 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136006: Number 7 tram Uxbridge to Shepherds Bush blocking Uxbridge High Street. London (formerly Middlesex), c. 1929 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136007: A group of children from Garston, Liverpool enjoy a day out at Sefton Park in the summer holidays. Here, the group are pictured climbing trees in the park. 20th July 1966 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136008: Outstanding workers painting the eyes in 900 dolls a day between them, are Miss Vida Rose (plain overalls), who turned out cartridge cases during the war, and Miss Barbara Slater (flowered overall). Cascelloid Ltd factory, Leicester, Leicestershire, February 1948 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136009: Busy scenes on the Daily Herald news desk, 1964 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136013: Sea Cadets go overboard with life belt as it gives their confidence in this use of lifesaving apparatus. July 1942 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136023: Birmingham.. The archway at Curzon Street Station. November 1965 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136024: Old ladies enjoying fish and chips during a day out to the beach at Trecco Bay, South Wales. 6th August 1977 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136028: Lake District - Patterdale with Helvellyn in the background 4 April 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136031: The start of an event at the Northern National Karting Championship at Catterick, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire. May 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136032: Eighteen month old Nicola England from Bromley, Kent enjoys an ice cream on the beach at Southend On Sea on hot summer day. 8th June 1976 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136036: Female fans watching Bjorn Borg at Wimbledon 1975 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136040: Nicholas the hippo at Belle Vue Zoo in Manchester, Greater Manchester, is fed with a cake brought for him by some Birmingham children. June 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136043: Motor car racing at Goodwood. Part of the small crowd in attendance. Held at Goodwood House, Chichester, West Sussex. June 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136052: Busy scenes on the Daily Mirror news desk at Holborn, 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136055: A man checking out the view across Sandbanks Beach in Poole, Dorset. June 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136056: John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute, gifts Cardiff Castle to the City of Cardiff, 13th September 1947 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136058: The crowded harbour at the coastal village of Seahouses, where the pleasure boats are jostling for places with the fishing boats 2 August 1966 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136176: Mrs Valerie Arkel Smith, a cross-dresser who pretended to have fought in the RAF as Colonel Sir Victor Barker DSO. March 1929 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136180: Mrs Valerie Arkel Smith, a cross-dresser who pretended to have fought in the RAF as Colonel Sir Victor Barker DSO. March 1929 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136185: Gateshead F. C. team, 1947 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136187: The end of the line. Four Lane ends, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear. Engineers worked through the night to complete the biggest changeover in the history of public transport in Newcastle. Out went the trams and in came the new trolley buses. For the two young bystanders it was enthralling stuff. 31st October 1948 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136190: May Day Parade in Red Square, Moscow. 9th May 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136194: Newcastle Trolley Bus, two people can pass easily in the gangway of this new bus. This is the first of 20 delivered to the Newcastle Corporation and intended for the new Gosforth route. The six inch extra width gives it a carrying capacity of 80, against 70 for the old buses. 18th February 1948 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136195: Prague, Czechoslovakia. The Prague Spring, a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union after World War II. August 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136196: May Day Parade in Red Square, Moscow. 9th May 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images