MPX5127176: Elisabeth Sladen with Jon Pertwee standing in the courtyard of BBC Television Centre after it was announced that she will play Sarah Jane Smith, a bright young journalist on a woman's magazine who becomes the Doctor's assistant in the new Doctor Who series. 26th June 1973 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5127734: The RAF Westland Puma helicopter is a Arospatiale Puma SA 330 E built under licence by Westland Helicopters for the RAF. A member of a RAF refuelling crew dives for cover as the Puma takes off with full tanks during Operation Sky Warrier at Otterburn. 06/07/1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5124226: Drivers of heavy construction site machinery will be able to attend a new training course at the Mid-Warwickshire College of Further Education in Leamington. The first week's session was attended by nine plant operators employed by Warwickshire County Council and major construction and quarrying firms. "It has been a most successful pilot project," said Mr. Robert Rattray, leader of the maintenance and plant repair section of the college. "We now hope there will be a big response from the construction industry, keen to send plant operators on the course, so that we can extend our training facilities." Our photo shows Mr Rattray(centre) with the students who were taking part in the basic training course at the college, 1st February 1974 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5124251: Pop singer Alice Cooper aged 23 flew into Heathrow Airport today with his pet boa constrictor, wearing a flimsy see-through shirt with no buttons. He calls his python Rachina and allowed it to slide over his face and neck. Alice Cooper flew in from the United States and will be appearing in Britain. He is staying in London, 21st October 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5124258: Restoring the blitzed stained glass window of Canterbury Cathedral is Mr Caldwell aged 92 still working as a stained glass artist in the trade in which he started at the age of 16 in Canterbury. He is looking at the the Jesse window with Mr George Easton (right) The window comes from the 13th Century and has been re-leaded, 02/06/1954 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5124259: Coventry's first registered car, DU1, stands in a storeroom at the Daimler Company's Radford factory as immaculate and road-worthy as the day it was biought nearly 50 years ago. The 23 h.p. sedan has attention lavised on it daily by a group of Daimler apprentices whose skill and enthusiasm have saved quite a number of historic Coventry cars from the scrap-heap, and converted them into exhibits which would grace any showroom. The vehicles are far from museum pieces however, for they are as mechanically sound as any of their modern counterparts, writes a "Coventry Evening Telegraph" reporter. In our photo is Richard Crofts in the driving seat, Graham Turner(left) and Eric Lindsey checking the engine, 16th December 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images