MPX5103688: The Zeppelin L71 seen here over flying London on her way to Pulham in Norfolk was from a new class of "super" Zeppelin with the intention of having the ability to bomb New York. The Germans had already proved that a lengthened Zeppelin could fly over 5,000 miles, as with the famed L59 and the flight over Africa. L 71 was handed over to the British Government as war reparations at the end of the first world war 29th June 1920 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5103953: The source of the attraction was the Radio One disc jockey, Emperor Rosko, who opened the fashion shop. More than 500 girls turned up within minutes of Roskos arrival. The crowd was swelled by the one-day closure of South Shields schools by the council workers strike, October 23 1970 / Bridgeman Images