MPX5077472: Accidents- Mining: Gas blast rips through mine. Three miners died and eight others were taken critically ill to hospital after a fireball roared through the Golborne pit, near Wigan Lancashire. August 1979 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077474: Disaster Blast At Flixborough A massive blast ripped apart an entire village late on Saturday afternoon, 1st June 1974. At least 29 people died and 100 houses were wrecked when an explosion shook the Nypro chemical plant at the Lincolnshire village of Flixborough. 3,000 people were evacuated as firemen tried to prevent an escape of poisonous gas from ammonia tanks, seven miles away in Scunthorpe flying glass caused injuries and homes shook thirty miles away. The scene of devastation at Nypro works, Flixborough. June 1974 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077495: A flash-back in a movie is easily done. The scenes are shot on different days and the two pieces of film put together by the film editor. Not so on the stage. For Eric Porter in his new play has to change for 35 to 55 and then to 85 without leaving the stage. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077524: Tom Weiskopf. July 1973 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077526: John Alderton, lead actor in the TV series "Please Sir" filming in Kings road, Chelsea looks in the window of the boutique "Skin" November 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077558: The 25th Open Tennis Tournament at the Palace Hotel, Torquay. Ladies Singles Mrs. Ann Jones November 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077572: A child toddles terrifyingly close to an unprotected railway track. C. 1970 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077577: Just big enough for the key-hole, but not old enough to be left alone at home - A young latch-key-kid girl opens her front-door. C. 1970 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077579: 83 year old Percy Dunlop who has just been awarded the MBE and is still working as a full-time teacher at Star Lane primary school, Canning Town. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077612: Man playing the kettle for the Pilling Jubilee Silver Band. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077630: A thousand of Heathrow Airport's 30,000 ground staff stopped work for a mass demonstration today. Passangers walking from the aircraft to Terminal buildings during the strike meeting. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077637: "Miss Canada", 21 year old Jacqui Perring from Ontario arrived at Heathrow Airport today for the Miss World competition. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077638: The Nolan Sisters: Six lovely young ladies aged from 9 to 24 years are appearing in The Harry Secombe Christmas Show on Sunday, 29th December. They are the Nolan Sisters and they live at Ilford. L/R Maureen (20), Linda (15), Anne (24), Bernadette (14), Denise (22), and Coleen (9) in front of group. December 1974 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077675: Actress Britt Ekland with son Nicoli and boyfriend Lou Adler. December 1974 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077686: Piccadilly without lights. Piccadilly Circus is blacked out at 7.15 p.m on Saturday 12 December 1970 due to power strike. December 1970 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077689: Mike Yarwood, 27, the impressionist and comedian married Sandra Burville aged 23, at the Church of St. Thomas Moore, Swiss Cottage, London. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077701: School for training jockey. The apprentices training centre for jockeys is at Kenilworth Equitation Centre, Dorking-road, Great Bookham, Surrey. December 1970 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077704: John Lennon and Yoko pictured on the roof of Black House in Holloway Road, with Michael X, and the 'blood stained shorts'. February 1970 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077712: Band leader Syd Lawrence who is bringing back the Big Band of Glen Miller, pictured at his home. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077722: Barthomley (Cheshire). Barthomley school, life has changed little in c centuries. October 1949 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077727: British model Vicki Hodge wearing little black shorts dress by Jean Patou. Note The J.P. Initials on Tights. January 1971 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075168: "These little pigs stayed at home and stole the milk". The farmer was at a loss to know where the milk was going as normally this cow gave a good yield. After a watch had been set it was found that these young pigs, ten in all, were the thieves so now the obliging cow has to have a sack tied round her to prevent further thefts. Photograph taken on the shores of Ullswater. September 1934 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075180: Fashion - 1970s. The hee shirts. Some people will wear anything for laughs. That's why the T-shirt has become the Tee Hee shirt. For trendies with an eye to a quick sale have turned it into a top-selling giggle garment with fun designs all the rage. The man behind many of the designs is Bob Lange, 28, who runs a business with his brother in North London. Mr Lange said: "We pride ourselves on having the crudest designs." Sales of their £1.75 shirts to boys and girls in their teens and twenties have enabled him to smoke fat cigars and drive an expensive car. "I hope to retire when I'm 30," he said. Even the Butlins holiday camp people got a laugh out of this shirt. "If you can't laugh at yourself who can you laugh at laugh at?" said a spokesman. August 1976 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075188: Reveille Fashions. March 1960 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075209: Lord Bath at his home with his daughter Lady Silvy Thynne (6). April 1965 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075217: Reveille Fashions. Roma Reeves. May 1960 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075242: Clothing: Fine wool crepe blouse, flaring from rounded neckline, has wide pleated sleeve, Here in powder blue, it is available in several other colours. Sizes eight to 14, price £15. cream wool trousers that swiri into a wide sweep, also in other colours, sizes eight te 14, price £11.50. November 1972 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075249: Clothing. August 1972 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075252: Studio photograph of Jay Ashton of the pop group Bucks Fizz. February 1985 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075254: Fashion 1960's. London Town and Miss London presented their late winter and early spring 1960/61 collection of Day, Cocktail and Evening models at their Conduit Street premises yesterday (18-10-60). This street dress featuring the new slit overskirt is in charcoal wool worsted with toning Prince of Wales check used for the underskirt and lining of the panels, modelled by Jill Pengelly. October 1960 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075258: The island parliament of Jersey will discuss the case of young unmarried mother, 21 year old Maria Batista who is Portugese, who has been expelled from the island because under the island's Aliens Law, Maria became an undesirable alien because she was an unmarried mother. June 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075262: Woman wearing long white dress with circular patterns, Clothing. May 1924 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075294: A souvenir of World War One, a German Howitzer being pushed to the scrap heap for metal at a village in Surrey while a light tank passes by. May 1945 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075297: Recent additions to the unique collection of pit lamps at Armstrong College, Newcastle / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075299: A gold cigar lighter, a replica of a miner's safety lamp, to be presented to the Prince of Wales when he opens the new Mining Department of Armstrong College, Newcastle. / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075300: Girls make farm wagons at Court Yeldham in Essex. Farmers urgently require these carts. The girl workers are efficient at welding, smithswork assembling the wagons, making lime spreaders March 1944 / Bridgeman Images