MPX5127473: Hundreds of wild ponies driven from Exmoor are sold at Bampton, Devon, Pony Fair. Before the war they sold 2/6d, today (1948) an average price was £5 per pony. Farmers and dealers gathered in the small town where in a sea of mud and heavy rain, the ponies were auctioned. Owners who drove the ponies from the moor, struggle to get the animals into the auctioning enclosure. Only manpower can be used to move the ponies which have never before felt the hand of man. 29th October 1948 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5127500: William Rackliffe 54, has made a water cycle from an ex- R.A.F. bicycle frame mounted on two Spitfire fuel tanks and geared by the mechanism of a tank turret and he hopes to cycle across the Channel to France on the contraption. Rackliffe holds onto a rope for his first trial on the River Thames. 18th April 1949 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5127568: The five boys of the Bee Gees pop group began their basic training for the Army yesterday. As raw recruits, they will suffer the miseries of square bashing and the forthright remarks of the sergeant-major. The remarks are likely to be more forthright than usual, too. For the Bee Gees will do their soldiering as stars of a Boer War comedy film to be written by Johnny Speight. The Bee Gees line up left to right: Colin Peterson, Vince Melouney, Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb and Maurice Gibb March 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5127790: Wigs and false hair pieces are no longer considered a luxury. Most women can own one - but few would spend £1,500 on a complete "wig wardrobe." This is exactly what one customer at Owen Owen Ltd, hairdressing salon has done. "My client has bought wigs and pieces of all colours, shapes and lengths," said Mr Kenneth Lugg, manager of the salon. This photograph shows a customer at the Owen Owen wig boutique surrounded by samples of the wig-makers craft. At the Hotel Leofric in Coventry, this week more than 100 Coventry & District hairdressers attended a "wig forum," when two representatives from a wig firm gave hints on how to care for wigs, their cleaning, cutting, perming and setting. Wigs and hairpieces of all sizes and colours were on display including a special range of toupees for men. These toupees were priced from about £14 14s. 6th March 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5127832: Every girl dreams of being a princess. That dream had a touch of reality today for these 16 Coventry girls, for they were treated like princesses. The girls, past and present pupils at Cardinal Wiseman School, went to Buckingham Palace and met the Duke of Edinburgh who presented them with the gold awards they gained under his scheme. Their mothers went too, and Sister Mary Colman, headmistress when the school first embarked on the Duke's award scheme 10 years ago, and Sister Agnes, whose responsibility it was at that time. At Cardinal Wiseman, there are now 100 girls taking the bronze award, 30 the silver and 25 the gold ' more than in any previous year. The girls receiving their "golds" today have covered a wide range of interests, including music, swimming, reading, dancing, cookery, needlework, typewriting, and badminton. The 16 are Josephine Fensom, Johanna Filipuik, Linda Hamilton, Monica Henry, Geraldine Igoe, Irene Krupa, Colleen Lissamer, Carmel Maguire, Mary Malone, Mary Maughan, Rose Meehan, Mary Naughton, Dawn O'Toole, Bernadette Thiedeman, Christine Union and Nora Wright. The present headmistress, Sister Frances Clare, is an enthusiastic supporter of the scheme, for which Sister Margaret has special responsibility. Sister Margaret said today: "The school has always considered the 'scheme to be of great value in the development of character, calling as it does for perseverance and determination." 13th July 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5127920: A sculptor working on a sculpture of an angel for the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool. The foundation stone for the cathedral was laid in July 1904, and it was consecrated in 1924, though regular services were not held until 1940. The cathedral is the largest in Britain, 14th January 1934 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
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