MPX5086715: The Royal Postman stands at the gates to Buckingham Palace before collecting Queen ElizabethÍs mail. 1957 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5110667: Sonia Allison the Daily Mirror cook is seen here preparing a meal for a invited group of celebrities who include L/R Egan Ronay the world renown food critic, 14th March 1975 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5110676: Dock Strikes 1948, Dockers mass meeting in Victoria Park, 12th July 1948 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5110688: Destination Rumania... Mr R.L. Richter (left Centre), Rover European sales manager, handing over the 16 Land Rovers to Mr C. Licurici, director of Tecnoimport, accompanied by the Rumanian drivers, 13th May 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5110724: Actress Lyn Paul and composer Mike Batt seen here at the home of Sonia Allison, 14th March 1975 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5110766: Jasper the cat with two homes, 10th February 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5110775: Plaque at Blackpool Police Station in memory of Superintendent Richardson, 24th January 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5110782: Boxer Lonnie Bennett, 10th March 1975 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5110830: I.R.A. Demonstrators carried an Irish tricolour and a coffin outside the Army Careers Centre in Fountain St, Manchester, 31st January 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5110842: Two police officers standing at the spot where Superintendent Richardson died, 24th January 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5110845: Charlie Chaplin and his wife Oona leave the Savoy Hotel this afternoon to visit friends, 3rd March 1975 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5110863: Actress and former model Madeline Smith pictured during a break in filming "The Seven Magnificent Deadly Sins" at Pinewood studios, 1st July 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5116750: Donovan Scottish singer on stage at Royal Albert Hall London, January 1973 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5110899: Twenty year old model and actress Madeline Smith, 22nd February 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5116756: Louis Armstrong jazz trumpeter as a youth, 1932 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5110923: Model and horror film actress Madeline Smith poses in the studio, 25th March 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5116808: Lulu pop singer, October 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5110944: Cricketer Derek Randall and his repertoire of tricks photographed at Trent Bridge as he prepares for the new season, April 1977 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5116849: Children play with baby Chimpanzee at Whipsnade Zoo, 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5116866: Children play with baby Chimpanzee at Whipsnade Zoo, 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5116873: Men modelling the latest 1963 menswear design's in the streets of Paris, April 1963 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5116945: Actor Patrick McNee seen here at home, 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5116960: Peter Gabriel the rock star, former lead singer with Genesis, during a solo concert in Paris where he sang to an audience of 200,000, 12/09/1977 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5116963: Rowing - Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race, March 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5116966: One of two homeless gentlemen who live in the cellar of a bombed out building close to Tower Bridge, seen here gather lunch together, 1953 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5116972: Jazz performer Stan Getz at Ronnie Scott's jazz club. Master tenor saxophonist, 09/03/1964 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5116984: Actor Patrick McNee seen here at home, 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5117002: Peter Gabriel in concert during his smash-hit European tour. The one time lead singer with supergroup Genesis is now the leader of his own band, 19/09/1977 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5117032: Rabbits bred in cage at a Rabbit farm, 1962 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5117044: Freshly caught eels seen here being prepare to be made in to East London's favourites food Jellied Eels, 1963 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5117050: Sport: Real Tennis: Before Wimbledon and during the reign of Henry VIII Real Tennis was invented. The game similar to tennis is played on an indoor court, 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5117057: Sir Winston Churchill seen here signing an agreement between Great Britain and Poland, August 1940 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5086728: Weather Hot: (Nice girl Sandra). Sandra Dorne has found an arctic region method of keeping cool while shooting her latest film "Marilyn". With the kindly help of the props department who are reputed to be able to produce anything, she takes her lunch in 1 cwt of ice, and that's not studio ice - it's Real - delivered every day to the location at Walton on Thames. "It take your breath away when you first get in," says Sandra, "but after a minute its wonderful." August 1953 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5086753: Medical: Polio vaccine laboratory. 1960 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5086756: Film Star Mara Lane with Brigadier Soden. June 1953 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5086852: Condemned dogs at the Manchester dogs home Collyhurst, Manchester, waiting for owners to claim them. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images