MPX5090041: A new type of kitten has been born in Hoddesdon, Herts. The two ten week old Lilac Pointed Devon Rex Kitten, were bred by Mrs. Glenda Worthy of Hoddesdon and are the only two in the world. They have both been given exotic names Sayonara Lilac Frosting (female) and Sayonara Lilac Time (male). Both kittens are the offspring of prize winning male Self Lilac Devon, Sayonara Lilac Warrior and a Blue Pointed Queen. January 1972 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5090202: Gulliver, all 21ft of him, weighing 6cwt, made of metal, needed a crane to start him on his journey from Cheyney Walk in Chelsea to Tokyo, Japan. Gulliver is the metal creation by cartoonist, artist, Gerald Scarfe and is one of twelve characters that Gerald is making for the British Pavilion at the Expo '70 to be held in Tokyo in March. The metal monster took Gerald three months to put together, using welding apparatus, he made is in the garden of his home in Chelsea in two halves and each half had to be hoisted by crane from the garden, over two garden walls to the side road where it was packed away into large crates. The other characters that Mr. Scarfe will be working on are Hamlet, MacBeth, Robinson Crusoe, Samuel Johnson, Long John Silver, Pick Wick, Alice 'thru the looking glass, Oliver, Shakespeare, James Bond and My Fair Lady. Bearded Gerald Scarfe with Gulliver. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5087656: Glamour: Pirelli Limited have produced yet another of their famous calendars for 1970. They will have printed 43,000 calendars which will be distributed to their tyre dealers and footwear agents. Today at the Europa Hotel they held a press conference to launch the new calendar and invited Piers Courage the racing driver to post with some of their model girls. Piers Courage with five of the models who appear in the Pirelli Calendar. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images