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ZUM4932924: May 11, 1954 - Royal Family at Gibraltar visit to the Barbary Apes: Photo Shows H.M. The Queen - seen with” Max” the leader of the famous Barbary apes, when with the Duke of Edinburgh (seen nearest camera) and their two children, they visited the apes at Gibraltar today / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4930809: May 05, 1954 - Yehudi Mennuhin Rehearses Sat St. Paul's Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother will attend the Yehudi Manuhin recital in aid of the National Spastics Society Medical Research Fund, the Cathedral Restoration Fund and the Christian Aaction. at St.Paul's in the Cathedral tomorrow evening. A sound test was held in the Cathedral this morning, at which children from the National Spastics Society were present.Mr. Menuhin met the children after the rehearsals in the Dean's Vestry, when he was presented with toys for hos two young boys.Photo Shows Hilary cash, 9 1/2, of Stamford hill, who has been a spastic from birth presenting totys to Yehudi Menuhin at st. Paul's today. the golliwog is for his son Jeremy, aged 2-and the lawn mower is for genard, aged 5. other spastic children look on / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4931127: May 05, 1954 - Roger Banister Does It. Runs Mile in Under Four Minutes. Britain- 0/00usyeaaic 0/00Uzyeacs Roger Banister has done it. Last night he the fabulous four minute mile, a feat which the world- 0/00usYeaaic 0/00Uzyeacs athletes have been trying to achieve for years. His time was three minutes 59.4 seconds. Ashe passed the post at Oxford- 0/00usyeaaic 0/00Uzyeacs Iffley road track he was swept up in a mass of cheering, shouting spectators. OPS: The world record mile lap by lap, Picture No. 2 shows Brasher still leads from Bannister and Chris Chataway, an now the records is in sight with half the distance covered in one minute 58.2 secs / Bridgeman Images