MPX5068965: The Vicar, the Rev. Frank Moore, with his choir and members of the congregation about to felt the main roof prior to capping. All are quite at home perched on the dizzy heights of the main roof. The roof on the left has been stripped ready for tile setting and it is estimated that another 11,000 tiles are to be laid which they hope to complete in two months. / Bridgeman Images
MPX5070441: Going to work on an egg is the understatement of the day to 46 years old Taffy Gordon of Middleton, Lancashire. Because Taffy regulalrly downs 24, and yesterday, in an attempt to beat the record for the Guiness book of records he swallowed 48 in the space of 47 seconds. Taffy making his record attempt from four pint glasses each containing twelve broken eggs. / Bridgeman Images
MPX5067846: A 19 yr. old Austrian girl said today that she was not paid after working three weeks as a housemaid for Lady Violet Bonham Carter. She is Gertraude Astlbauer and she said at Marylebone County Court that she left because she did not get enough time off. Miss Astlbauer is claiming £13.10s. and costs from Lady Violet which she claims represents wages which were not paid to her. Lady Bonham Carter with her entourage at the lunch break today. / Bridgeman Images
MPX5067981: Three-years-old Dawn Millican was among the many visitors who visited the Northern Optical Congress at Harrogate, Yorks, this week. Whilst there she decided to find out about this weird looking apparatus. It turned out to be an automatic sight testing unit. Costing between £600 and £700 this unit is made jointly by a Japanese and British firm and is named Eyco. Even twelve-month-old babies can be tested on this unit. May 1963 P018625 / Bridgeman Images