MPX5124450: Soldiers parade on Horseguards Parade in London before patrolling the streets on the 10th day of the General Strike. The national dispute came about after negotiations between the miners and mine owners failed over wages and the strike began on 3 May 1926. Millions obeyed the strike call, bringing transport systems to a halt while newspapers were not printed. The government responding by using volunteers to run trains and buses and sent in troops to move supplies from the London docks. There were clashes between police and crowds in many areas and at least 4000 strikers were arrested. There were attacks on buses and trains, including the derailing of the Flying Scotsman. The strike was called off unilaterally by the TUC on 12 May with no guarantees of fair treatment for the miners who fought on to bitter defeat in October. 12th May 1926 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5124453: Scene at Hammersmith Broadway on the 10th day of the General Strike; showing a man being escorted to the police station after making a disturbance. The national dispute came about after negotiations between the miners and mine owners failed over wages and the strike began on 3 May 1926. Millions obeyed the strike call, bringing transport systems to a halt while newspapers were not printed. The government responding by using volunteers to run trains and buses and sent in troops to move supplies from the London docks. There were clashes between police and crowds in many areas and at least 4000 strikers were arrested. There were attacks on buses and trains, including the derailing of the Flying Scotsman. The strike was called off unilaterally by the TUC on 12 May with no guarantees of fair treatment for the miners who fought on to bitter defeat in October. 12th May 1926 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5124259: Coventry's first registered car, DU1, stands in a storeroom at the Daimler Company's Radford factory as immaculate and road-worthy as the day it was biought nearly 50 years ago. The 23 h.p. sedan has attention lavised on it daily by a group of Daimler apprentices whose skill and enthusiasm have saved quite a number of historic Coventry cars from the scrap-heap, and converted them into exhibits which would grace any showroom. The vehicles are far from museum pieces however, for they are as mechanically sound as any of their modern counterparts, writes a "Coventry Evening Telegraph" reporter. In our photo is Richard Crofts in the driving seat, Graham Turner(left) and Eric Lindsey checking the engine, 16th December 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5122126: A new dance which is the rage in America has now come to London. It is called the "twist". These pictures show some of the steps and actions of the dance and where taken at The Satire Club in Duke of York Street, London, S.W.I. Band performing at the Sative night Club, October 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5122135: A new dance which is the rage in America has now come to London. It is called the "twist". These pictures show some of the steps and actions of the dance and where taken at The Satire Club in Duke of York Street, London, S.W.I. Band performing at the Sative night Club, October 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5122228: Rehearsals are going on for the transmission on April 6th of the ballet "Les Sylphides", with Nadia Nerina and Philip Chatfield. Also there will be soloists Julia Farron and Rowena Jackson. The rehearsals are taking place at Hammersmith Old Town Hall. The ensemble has been hand-picked by the B.B.C. ballet producer Margaret Dale and comprises members of ballet companies and ballet schools, Julia Farron (1922-2019) showing off some steps to ensemble, April 1958 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images