MPX5120663: Pans People Dancers Pans People have joined up the Territorial Regiment 4th Battalion The Royal Green Jackets, the girls wearing the Green Jackets will be seen dancing on a float in this years Lord Mayors show. On the Float will be Captain James Robertson Macleod in full dress uniform who hopes that men will come and join up, 08/11/1978 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5120981: A London double decker bus hit by the blast from a bomb dropped during an air raid leaning against number 34 Harrington Square Garden North London. The driver and passengers took cover in a shelter when the raid began unfortunately ten of the local residents in numbers 35 and 36 were killed 9th September 1940 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5121168: At 3pm on 8 May 1945, Prime Minister, Winston Churchill announced that the war in Europe would end at midnight. London erupted into a massive chorus of jubilation and celebration. Mr Churchill was greeted by huge cheering crowds wherever he went and the King was kept busy by a crowd outside Buckingham Palace who made him keep returning to the balcony to receive their accolades. Even his own daughters, escorted by Palace guards, joined the crowd in shouting for the King. All licensing laws in the capital were revoked for the evening and the celebrations went on well into the small hours. Our Picture Shows: Resident of an East End street celebrate the announcement of Victory in Europe with a street party, May 1945 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images