MPX5093550: Coventry & Warwickshire hospital's Orthopaedic nurses attending their prizegiving ceremony at the Post-Graduate Medical Centre, Stoney Stanton Road, Coventry. 29th August 1974 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5093632: Domestic Life: Teenager Jeanette Green doing household chores at her home - here washing up in the kitchen. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5093691: Aimi Macdonald pictured as "The Great Nervo" the conjurer when she appears in a forthcoming Max Bygraves show. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5093674: The two furnace operators, David Norris and Daniel Murray at the Royal Mint, have got at the moment, a very exclusive job, because in two days time the halfcrown coin will no longer be legal tender and David and Daniel pour £2,000 worth of coins, each, into the furnace every hour. They both work an 8-hour day, so between them they get through £32,000 per day. Daivd Norris pouring £200 worth of halfcrowns into the furnace. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5093718: Alfieri. Air Raid damage at Malden, London. Residents walk down the street past damaged houses, August 16th 1940 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5093713: Firemen bring out dead bodies from the Rose and Crown Hotel, Saffron Walden, after the fire which killed nine people. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5093721: Alfieri. Army Training. No.30 Physical Development Centre. Barracks. 1942 1st May 1942 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5093516: Sport Motorcycling: Isle of Man TT Racing 350 CC Class Junior. June 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5093555: Sport Motorcycling: Isle of Man TT Racing 350 CC Class Junior. June 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5093558: Sport Motorcycling: Isle of Man TT Racing 350 CC Class Junior. Brian Steenson on his way to second place. June 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5093579: These vans made up the fleet belonging to the Coventry Evening Telegraph newspaper in the yard at the Corporation Street building, Coventry, c.1960. / Bridgeman Images

MPX5093588: Police arrest protesting students in Talbot Road behind White City, who have gathered in a demonstration against the visit of the South African rugby team and the apartheid system. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5093612: Sport: Athletic's. British runner Mary Rand pictured during training session. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5093723: Jane is a young actress who has been stepping in and out of films and television shows as fast as each has been completed. She was born in Gidea Park Essex and now lives in Chiswick, where is her spare time she settles down to writing, studying accents, and when possible just lying in the sun. Her name is Jane Walker, blue eyed, dark brown haired, 5 feet 5 inches of go-getting. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091046: Walkie Talkie Bank Raid. Police inspect the burglar alarm at Lloyds Bank, Baker Street, 13th September 1971 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091055: Jack Straw of the Students Union Movement. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091076: Jack Straw of the Students Union Movement. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091264: Fire fighters demonstrate the latest in fire engine equipment - Simon Snorkel the cherry picker which enables the firemen to reach high buildings, 1970 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091288: Sixty eight year old John Sowerby says the answer to healthy feet is wooden soled clogs. He has been wearing them since he was 14 year old, 1970 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091284: Miss Pamela Moss, aged 22, of Birkenhead, Cheshire, a hairdresser, who has qualified for the finals of British hairdressers Federation Cup to be held in London in March. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091163: "Riding the Fair" in the old stagecoach - a picturesque custom at Yarm Fair, c.1930 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091178: Members of the order of St John and The St John Ambulance Association received an insignia at the investuture ceremony held at the oder's Grand Priory Church in Clerkenwell, London, 1970 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091220: The annual Tug O' war battle of the sexes took place yesterday outside the Pilot Pub in Dungeness, December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091411: Filming of the BBC television series Dads Army showing a scene in the episode "Time on my Hands" Left is Arthur Lowe standing with John Le Mesurier in the tea house December 1972 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091447: A British army soldiers of the 14th Army walks around the town of Simla in India with three women of the WAAF while on leave during the Second World War August 1945 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091471: Royal Air force men get their supplies of fresh bananas, pineapples and coconut milk from a shop in "The Strand" at at an RAF Airfield built in the heart of the jungle in Ceylon during the Second World War. The camp has been designed like the heart of London and named after many of the well known thoroughfares April 1944 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091546: A soldier with a woman on each arm, Easter Parade in Hyde Park, April 9th 1944 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091363: Fire fighters demonstrate the latest in fire engine equipment - Simon Snorkel the cherry picker which enables the firemen to reach high buildings, 1970 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091479: Police and Children. The scene is set in the enquiry office of Bishopsgate Police Station, in London, where to-day in the street nearby the Petticoat Lane thousands of shoppers were busy trying to find bargains. Seated on the counter is a little girl brought in by Police Constable B 232, who had apparently lost her mother in the crowd. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091469: Men of the Royal Air Force spend their lunch time break with a song at the piano in their theatre on Ramree Island in Burma during the Second World War May 1945 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091499: The "Wine Taster of the Year" finals took place today at the Savoy Hotel. The competition organised by the Daily Telegraph Magazine in association with Grants of St. James's, has a top prize worth £1,000. Contestants purchased a two half bottle pack of wine and on the back was a simple written Wine Quiz with a tie breaker. There were 19 finalists, including one woman. Marian Tappin from London the only woman finalist. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091586: Engelbert Humperdinck's new home in St. Gerorge's Hill, Weybridge Engelbert with his dalmatian dog in the kitchen. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091632: Uniform Expo '70 Hostesses: On show to the public today for the first time, was the uniform to be worn by the six British and 14 Japanese hostesses employed on guide and escort duties in the British Pavilion at Expo '70 which opens at Osaka, Japan, in March. The clothes and accessories were chosen from Marks and Spencer's St. Michael range for next spring. Modelling the uniform for the press, was 20 year old Miss Lydia V. Parry one of the British hostesses. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091649: "The London Maori Club" which comprises of New Zealand people working in London, gave a Christmas performance at lunchtime at St. Pauls Cathedral. They sang action songs and carols, for Christian Aid at Home and Abroad. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091658: Engelbert Humperdinck's new home in St. Gerorge's Hill, Weybridge Playing on swings at bottom of garden. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5091730: Its great being circus kids for Carol aged 4 and Grace aged 2 daughters of clown Carlos McManus from Plymouth. For whilst mums away Carlos gets the job of looking after the kids and they can be a handful. Carol plays with daddies false nose and shows her sister Grace how well she can balance. For she hopes to be a circus artist herself when she grows up. They arrived in Manchester to take part in the Belle Vue Circus. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images