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MPX5157448: A mile from Westminster. Flats that back on to each other in Pollock Road SE17. Clothes lines stretch across the area. Large refuse bins stand full against the walls the area in and around the Elephant and Castle is in need of redevelopment. 28th September 1964 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5157474: North East Shipwrecks - The fishing trawler Kilsyth which went aground at the Panama Dip, Whitley Bay, when a tug line snapped as it was bound for a breaker's yard on Teesside. Four men, including owner 38 year old ship dismantler, Michael Nicholls, stayed and slept aboard the stranded vessel awaiting a suitable tide and weather for the Tyne tug Niparound to pull her clear. 19th January, 1977 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5157036: Press call for Our World, the first live global television link. Broadcast to 26 countries and watched by 400 million, the programme was broadcast via satellite on June 25, 1967. The BBC had commissioned the Beatles to write a song for the UK's contribution. 'All You Need Is Love' a song written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney was first performed by The Beatles at this event & released as a single the following month. Pictured at Abbey Road Studios 24th June 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images