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MPX5124645: How to slope off for a walk over the roof. This particular high minded exercise isn't everyone's cup of tea. But for William Wollard BBC TV's presenter of Tomorrows World its a walk over. He's already well into his stride on an unlikely route to success....strolling up the roof of St Pancras Station in London. William wouldn't be where he is if it hadn't been for a cunning invention of Welshman Herbert Stokes: Roof Shoes ! 9th October 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5124651: Honey bunch, a giant 10 foot model of a bare-breasted schoolgirl, is paraded outside the Central Criminal Courts in London during the Obscenity trial of the three editors of the underground magazine Oz. More than 100 hippies marched to the court and paraded around it chanting "God Save Oz", 23rd June 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5124669: A group of young Liberals stop traffic by sitting on a pedestrian crossing in a busy London street in protest against the Government's Immigration Bill. Drivers of vehicles were asked to show passes by Ashley Wood who dressed in a South African policeman's uniform. 18th June 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5124714: This 21 year old, ratty haired, green eyed Katy Manning was picked from an audition of 70 actresses to play the assistant Jo Grant in the new Dr Who series. Katy is the daughter of the well known sports writer J. L, Manning, and is seen here on the banks of the River Thames near Strand on the Green 2nd August 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5124746: Actress Lalla Ward who will join Dr Who in the long running TV series. Lalla will be the Doctor's 11th girl assistant and the second actress to play the Time Lady Romana (Romanadvoratrelundar) in Doctor Who. After a guest appearance as Princess Astra in the Doctor Who story The Armageddon Factor in 1979, Ward was chosen to replace Mary Tamm, who has decided against continuing in the role. Lalla is seen here posing with K9 the Doctors dog.6th February 1979 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5125740: In March 1974, The Evening Chronicle reported on one womans geodesic dome greenhouse. Which raised the problem of why anyone would want an ultra-modern greenhouse at the bottom of their garden. The answer is that Mrs Hall of Low Gate, near Hexham, had always wanted a greenhouse. But her garden is on an exposed hillside and the standard type of greenhouse just couldnt stand the battering from the wind. However, her problem was solved when she saw an advert for the dome in a womans magazine. Her husband was left with the complicated job of putting the dozens of triangular glasses together, 19th March 1974 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images