MPX5160781: Since the Middle Ages, camel caravans have navigated north from the fabled city of Timbuktu, in search of the salt. Traveling across the windswept sand dunes, caravans often numbering more than hundred journey to the salt mines of Taudenni, 500 miles north of Timbuktu. Our Picture Shows: One of the many camel trains resting on the outskirts of Timbuktu following a 14 day return journey from the salt mines. 23rd May 1976 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5160926: Cor Blimey - it's Derek Jameson... Radio 2 star Derek, complete with Cockney drawl and infectious chuckle delighted these children at Hinchliffe Mill Junior and Infants School, Holmbridge, with attempts at tuba playing this morning. In response to a letter from 10-year-old pupil Sarah Walker, Derek broadcast today's Radio 2 breakfast show from the school hall. 15th September 1987 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5160950: The young musicians at Sacred Heart RC Secondary School in Redcar have a good reason to blow their own trumpets. An 18-strong group , picked from the 104 who make up the school's orchestras, has just returned after a two-day intensive training course at St Mary's College in London. Head of Music, Mr Edward Murphy, accompanied them. 11th April 1981 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images