MPX5077898: Seed "merry go round" at a Hertfordshire seed depot. This is the time for plotholders and gardeners to get their seed selection, and 300 girls at this St. Albans seed distribution centre are engaged on the distribution of tens of thousands of packets daily. A squad of the girls trip around the great hall picking out packets from the hundreds of pigeon holes lining the walls. January 1948 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5078001: Workers Playtime? No. and its not a see-saw game either. Explanation of the antics of these workers in the city streets at Hull, Yorkshire, is that they are persuading old tramlines to come away from their bed in the roads. Lines are being taken up so that the high grade steel can be used for guns tanks etc. July 1942 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5078045: Clothing. Rainwear. Four "rain shells." Exhibiting them: artists from a group called Transmedia Explorations. The group, who work on all sorts of experimental objects in Islington, London, have been recommended for a £205 Arts Council grant. Their polythene rain shells, which are designed for sleeping in outdoors, bring in some cash, too. They are sold for £6 each. March 1970 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5078062: Keep young and beautiful. The girls of a war factory in Leigh-on-Sea have formed their own health and beauty club. The firm supplied them with a hall near the works and the club members go there straight from work. The men at the factory call the new effort of their girl colleagues the "Ooomph Club". December 1944 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5078080: Cabaret artist and Britain's top singing coach Bob Anthony is performing a non-stop singing marathon in aid of charity. After training for 10 years, 18 hours a day, Bob realises his life's ambition and will show the world his modern singing and breathing techniques which hitherto have not been practised by any singer. Bob Anthony pictured during one of the 5-minute breaks at the Lyceum. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5078085: Military Army: The 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles, many whom have seen action in Borneo, are visiting England especially to take part in the Lord Mayor's show on Saturday (No. 8) These 35 Gurkhas, who have come from Hong Kong, were playing their pipes and drums on the steps of St. Pauls Cathedral, dress in their colourful rifle green dress uniforms. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5078112: Lulu the baby elephant at Chessington Zoo, was weighed-in, for Lulu was the star of a competition organised by Tyne Brand, for contestants to judge what Lulu's weight would be on this date. Amongst the judges was boxing champion Henry Cooper, Mr. H. A. Snazle Gen. Manager of Chessington Zoo, and Mr. R.W. Hampson, Marketing Manager of Spillers Ltd. Lulu on the scales being watched by her keeper Alex Smith, and Henry Cooper. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5078946: Entertainment theatre: When the play "The Old Ladies" opens at the Westminster theatre on 4th November, the cast of three will have a combined acting experience of 140 years and their combined ages will be 197. The cast are Flora Robson, Joan Miller and Joyce Carey. Dame Flora Robson pictured on stage today. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5078950: Entertainment theatre: When the play "The Old Ladies" opens at the Westminster theatre on 4th November, the cast of three will have a combined acting experience of 140 years and their combined ages will be 197. The cast are Flora Robson, Joan Miller and Joyce Carey. (left to right) On stage 'The Old Ladies' Dame Flora Robson, Joan Miller and Joyce Carey. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5078953: The Nolan Sisters: Six lovely young ladies aged from 9 to 24 years are appearing in The Harry Secombe Christmas Show on Sunday, 29th December. They are the Nolan Sisters and they live at Ilford. L/R Anne (24), Denise (22), Maureen (20), Linda (15), Bernadette (14), Coleen (9). December 1974 / Bridgeman Images