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
MPX5099462: Port of London Authority Dredger Number 10 with barges alongside it at work in high water on the lower reaches of the River Thames. Its main purpose is to keep a shipping channel in the Thames at a depth of 40 feet and 1000 yards across, filling approximately 60 barges each week with roughly 6000 cubic yards of ballast. 27th April 1949 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5097598: American President Mr. Richard Nixon culminated his lightning round-the-world trip with a visit to Britain on Sunday that lasted just two hours twenty-one minutes. Before the arrival of President Nixon at Mildenhall, a broom squad of American airmen march out to sweep the spot where he will alight from his aircraft. August 1969 / Bridgeman Images