MPX5126848: One of the smallest primary schools in Coventry, All Saints, in Vecquery Street, is to be replaced at a cost of £72,000.All Saints was founded in 1877and is in need of replacement on account of its age and unsatisfactory condition, but it must be replaced in any case because of road plans. Negotiations are taking place for a site near the Charterhouse, London Road. 4th April 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5126872: Street theatre came to Leamington in the shape of 10 amateur actors from Oxfam. The players are members of the Young Oxfam Round Britain Street Theatre who are spending their summer vacation touring a dozen towns and cities. They present two plays to show Oxfam's role in the Third World, the first depicts the results of drought and the second the effect of international trade on under-developed countries. The travelling group are accommodated at church halls while on tour and Leamington was about the half-way point of their tour. Their leader, John Fewtrell, said the group were set up to entertain and inform but had raised enough through contributions to cover their costs. 22nd August 1977 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5126858: One of the smallest primary schools in Coventry, All Saints, in Vecquery Street, is to be replaced at a cost of £72,000. All Saints was founded in 1877 and is in need of replacement on account of its age and unsatisfactory condition, but it must be replaced in any case because of road plans. Negotiations are taking place for a site near the Charterhouse, London Road, Coventry. 4th April 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5126900: New year celebrations took place at the Hotel Leofric, Coventry. Three members of the Standard Motor Company Pipe Band, clad in the Royal Stuart tartan, were cheered by the crowd of 450 revellers as they heralded the arrival of the customary haggis, prepared by the head chef. The guests had all paid £5 10s a head to toast in the new year with champagne. 1st January 1966 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5126941: A toy for every child in this village, from a dolls hospital. Stella West, Paddy Brown, and Gwen Lidbetter- three village girls of Storrington, Sussex, are working hard to do this. Attics and lofts have been searched for old broken toys and dolls, and they are taken to the dolls hospital at the Brownie Pack H.Q. here the three get to work sewing, painting, and repairing, making them as good as new. November 1942 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images