MPX5121401: Planes of the Chinese Air Force, donated to the Chinese government by men of the Chinese militia as a response to the Dollar Airplane Fund Campaign during the Second World War, July 1943 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121404: Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie is greeted by Lieutenant General Cunningham, the General Officer in Command of the British Expeditionary Forces, at the place in Addis Ababa as he returns in triumph to the capital of his liberated country during the Second World War, June 1941 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121418: Wings for Victory week. Tommy Trinden and the girls do an open air turn in Leicester Square in aid of Wings for Victory week, March 5th 1943 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121451: Yeovil Town football club celebrating their FA Cup third round win over Bury January 1949 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121463: Arthur Lowe dressed up as St George during filming for the episode Knights of Madness in the final series of the popular wartime comedy television programme Dads Army. Lowe who plays Captain Mainwaring in the programme pictured with Ian Lavender (right) and John Le Mesurier (left), June 1977 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121417: Charlton Athletic manager Don Welsh has a word with a young football fan before taking charge of a training session with his team. 3rd August 1947 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121420: Children Sports FootballFred Abbs, 9 (in cap) and Ted Betts, 10 turned up in the football kit to try out for the Chelsea FC trials, both were a bit too young so they stayed to watch the others (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121556: Chelsea FC V. Moscow Dynamos, at Stamford Bridge, London. 13th November 1945. OPS Moscow Dynamos take the field (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121562: Sir Matt Busby with Bobby Charlton, Pictured together before his last match as a Manchester United Player. Last match in Manchester United colours played v Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, April 1973 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121580: Wally Barnes Football Player of Arsenal - October 1949 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121450: West Bromwich Albion F. C. Trainer Fred Read bandages ankle of footballer Billy Elliot. March 1949 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121637: Portrait of Burnley reserve goalkeeper Jim Furnell at his home before starting in the first team's league match against Blackpool. 25th April 1960 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121652: Ronald Rooke, football player of Arsenal FC. August 1948 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121658: RAF Lancaster bomber being assembled for display in Trafalgar Square for Wings for Victory week. OPS some RAF and WAAF who are helping withe the display, March 24th 1943 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121504: The crew of the BBC television series Dads Army pose for a group photograph. They are Back Row left to right: Arnold Ridley, John Laurie and Bill Pertwee. Middle row left to right are: Clive Dunn, Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier. Front row are Ian Lavender and James Beck December 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121513: 1949 FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 v Leicester City 1. Wolves captain Billy Wright with the trophy after the match. 30th April 1949 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121419: Football supporters at the English league division one match between Fulham and Portsmouth at Craven Cottage, December 1945 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121425: Yehudi Menuhin - Famous concert violinist pictured at Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, where he performed with the Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra. Behind him is Epstein's Christ in Majesty, 20th June 1964 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121428: Country scene in the county of Kent showing a thatched roof cottage and tree with pear blossoms Circa 1955 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121437: Yeovil Town football club training on the beach for their upcoming FA Cup fourth round match against SunderlandJanuary 1949 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121528: Colonel Gonella, head of the Italian force, talking with the British brigadier who accepted the surrender in Abyssinia, North Africa during the Second World War, October 1941 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121540: Harvesting tomatoes in Regent St. The ripe ones are picked every morning for use in the restaurant. 18th August 1941 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121543: FA Cup Final at Wembley Manchester United 4 v Blackpool 2. Robinson the Blackpool goalkeeper fails to save from Pearson, the Manchester united inside left, to give United their third goalApril 1948 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121500: English FA Cup. Yeovil Town 2-1 Sunderland. Yeovil boot-boy at work after the game. 29th January 1949. Daily Herald 1949-131-28 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121549: How to join the firefighters, Man looking at poster encouraging men to recruit, May 4th 1941 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121512: English Division 1. Charlton Athletic 2 v. Fulham 1 at The Valley. 31st December 1949 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121570: The dog who has a fancy for fancy dress. It isn't what you wear, it's the way you wear it. Over eye - so! Beau, a wire-haired terrier owned by the Dellers, at Tilehurst, Berks, had a fancy for fancy dress, and Mrs. Deller made him hats and suits, including cowboy and football outfits. His next will be Father Christmas at children's hospital. But on the way there, he will scour the hedgerows for rubber balls. He has brought thirty home, so far - as well as six rubber heels. November 1949 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121582: Half-a-million fans & supporters gather in Liverpool City Centre to give Liverpool FC a big welcome home after winning the FA Cup 3-0 against Newcastle at Wembley May 1974 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121585: When this naval liberty boat is completed in the yard of a midland town, which used to be a football field, it will go on a journey thru the streets of before it is launched in the Trent to begin its voyage to the coast. Believed to be the only ship to be built so far from sea. November 1944 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121591: Manchester United pose for a team group photograph September 1949 Back Row - Left to Right - Aston, Warner, Crompton, Lynn, Downie. Front Row - Delaney, Cockburn, Carey, Rowley, Pearson, Mitten (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121536: A woman working at Wisbech Smedley's cannery takes a bite out of one of the ten tons of carrots gathered and ready to be canned during the Second World War, October 1943 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121557: Bombs and blackout cause Bristol corn dealers to transport their business out to the street. 16th January 1941 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121678: Margot and Rudolf in "Pelleas et Melisande". A photocall was held for the new Roland Petit ballet, "Pelleas et Melisande", for Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The ballet will have its premiere, March 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121581: Gunners from a Royal Artillery battery enjoy a game of football during a brief respite from the fighting in Normandy. WW2 1944 1940s (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121687: Len Shackleton Sunderland inside forward December 1948 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5121702: Larry Lloyd Liverpool central defender, pictured playing badminton at his home in Formby Lancashire September 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images