MPX5103486: It was announced today that Cockney actress Barbara Windsor is to play the part of Marie Lloyd in a musical called "Sing a Rude Song". Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees, who is 20, will be playing her third husband, a jockey who won the 1910 Derby. The musical will open at the Greenwich Theatre in February. Maurice will have to shave off his beard and have a drastic haircut and take dancing lessons. January 1970 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5103660: Smithford Street looking towards Fleet Street. St. John's church can just be made out on the top left of the photo. This postman is struggling to decide what to do with the mail for businesses that were raized to the ground during the Coventry blitz of 14th November 1940 / Bridgeman Images