MPX5165311: At 3pm on 8 May 1945, Prime Minister, Winston Churchill announced that the war in Europe would end at midnight. London erupted into a massive chorus of jubilation and celebration. Mr Churchill was greeted by huge cheering crowds wherever he went and the King was kept busy by a crowd outside Buckingham Palace who made him keep returning to the balcony to receive their accolades. Even his own daughters, escorted by Palace guards, joined the crowd in shouting for the King. All licensing laws in the capital were revoked for the evening and the celebrations went on well into the small hours. Our Picture Shows: St Paul's Cathedral flood lit during VE day celebrations May 1945 VE Day May 1945 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165318: 1950s Jazz performers Lionel Hampton, band leader at the Empress hall in London, 22/10/1956 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165319: 1950s Jazz performers Lionel Hampton, band leader at the Empress hall in London, 22/10/1956 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165326: ENOCH POWELL AND WIFE AT HOME, 16/06/1973 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165335: Ronnie Wood with his wife former model Jo Howard and their baby daughter Leah aged five weeks making her debut in a hotel in Los Angeles after they had been forced to leave their Malibu home after a series of fires in the area, 27/10/1978 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165336: General Election 1970 Enoch Powell canvassing with a microphone with a black man standing by his side, 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165339: Mrs Bushaway and her husband get one quart of milk per week but the children are allowed a pint each day In Britain first consideration is always given to the children 1947 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165347: John and Fanny Craddock in the drawing of their new home near Watford, 09/06/1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165350: Rolling Stones. Mick Taylor and girlfriend Rose Miller at Heathrow Airport. May 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165357: Model Vicki Michelle, c. 1973 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165358: Linda Miller Glamour Model wearing a black leather Bikini with large silver studs and a matching necklace and headwear, April 1973 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165362: Dee Dee from Pans People models Stirling Cooper's Chamois shorts (£10.00) John Craig top £(2.30), 28/01/1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165368: 1948 London Olympics in Colour The Great Britain wrestling team seen here at training camp prior to competing in the games, 1948 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165370: Susan Shain Model wearing open denim shirt, 1972 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165373: Vic McDonald modelling a green bikini 1972 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165382: Erica Bergman Model 1973 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165384: Daily Mirror Cartoon / Illustration - September 1940 "How Do you spell 'Morale'?", 1940 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165391: A quaint signpost at Wooten in Surrey, 1923 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165396: Determined not to be "out of it" the favourite pet of one of the miners squeezed himself into the picture, after the opening of a pithead canteen at Isabella Pit, Throckely, Northumberland, 1940 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165410: Ashington mothers who went down the pit to see conditions for themselves are shown here in the trainees gallery with two trainees and their pony, 1940 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165411: Derelict housing in an area of Newcastle of Leade Durham Mining Village, 1940 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5165417: Once in a Lifetime Rewind Tour at Metro Radio Arena 11 April 2007 - The Osmonds - Jimmy Osmond, 2007 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166271: A woman gutting fish on the quayside, Copenhagen, December 1946 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166273: The gravity of the spirt being tested by the Wash stills at the Knockando Distillery, January 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166280: A worker inspects the Spirit safe at the Knockando Whisky Distillery, January 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166285: Bicycles in Copenhagen, Denmark, December 1946 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166288: One of four Chieftain tanks being loaded on to the Tank Landing Craft "Andalsnes" at Marchwood, Hampshire, 17th January 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166292: Simon Dee opening a Jewellery Boutique in London's Carnaby Street, 6th December 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166299: The Supremes in rehearsals at the Coventry studios of Top of the Pops, 1973 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166301: Comedian Charlie Chester cutting a birthday cake, February 1947 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166325: Young patrons queue up at the desk, pay their money for the matinee showing on a Saturday morning, c.1937 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166337: Ship, Dock and watchers, c.1930 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166344: The platforms are alive with the sound of music - as the Tynerail Festival of Music gets under way, 1975 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166349: The villagers of Langley Park dress up as they get ready to play extras in a TV period play, 1973 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166355: The Queen's Silver Jubilee visit to the North East, 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5166356: Construction of Tyne Bridge, c.1920 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images