MPX5090285: Raymond Humphreys and his wife after being found not Guilty at Lewes, 19th December 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090311: Engelbert Humperdinck pictured at his St. George's Hill Weybridge Home, 19th December 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090316: Flying nurses of the USAAF Ninth Troop Carrier Command, wearing special mac coats (Trench Coats) with hoods in case of wet weather at their base in England during the Second World War, 17th March 1944 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090323: Engelbert Humperdinck pictured at his St. George's Hill Weybridge Home, 19th December 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090334: American Eighth Army Air Force crew members of the B17 Flying Fortress looking at a map of Germany as they arrive back at their base in England after a raid on Leipzig, Germany, 20th February 1944 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090337: On show to the public today for the first time, was the uniform to be worn by the six British and 14 Japanese hostesses employed on guide and escort duties in the British Pavilion at Expo '70, 18th December 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090343: When Father Christmas is on duty handing out toys and gifts to children, 18th December 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090377: A Hippie street singer, and Mary pushing a pram, were part of a school's Christmas pageant put on by the children of St. James' Norland School, Penzanza Place, Notting Hill, 16th December 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090385: Singer Rolf Harris who lives in Sydenham, Kent, 17th December 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090394: Scene at Holloway after a German V2 rocket fell in the evening destroying 18 houses and causing several deaths, 6th November 1944 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090395: Life carries on as usual at a country pub in England, 10th July 1940 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090400: Displaced French families returning to the town of Faliaise in Normandy, Northern France during World War Two, 25th August 1944 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090419: Rescue workers bringing up a soldier victim from an area he was blown into following a German V2 flying bomb attack during the Second World War, 9th January 1945 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090444: Jan Hookings, aged 21, pictured shopping in the King's Road, 13th December 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090449: An East End family leaving the city with their belongings on the back of a horse and cart during the Second World War, 16th September 1940 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090452: Dispatch bike riders glumly sit around the totally obliterated National Fire Service workshops blown onto the adjacent LNER mainline at Ilford, Essex, by a V2 flying bomb, 27th April 1945 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090453: Rehearsal of "The Christmas show" at Thames T.V. Studios, Teddington, 15th December 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090458: A section of the RAF balloon defence put up against the flying bomb during the Second World War, September 1944 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090468: Rehearsal of "The Christmas show" at Thames T.V. Studios, Teddington, 15th December 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090470: Hungarian sheepdogs who will be making an appearance at Crufts for the first time ever, 24th January 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090475: Jan Hookings, aged 21, pictured shopping in the King's Road, 13th December 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090484: Married today at Caxton Hall Registrar Office was Lord Cooper, General Secretary of the Municipal and General Workers Union, December 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090489: Roger the troublesome cat burglar: Roger cases a job jumps up upon the door, October 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090503: Just Married, Wedding car boots and can, 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090507: Married today at Caxton Hall Registrar Office was Lord Cooper, General Secretary of the Municipal and General Workers Union. His bride was childhood sweetheart Joan Rogers, aged 58. Bride and Groom after the ceremony, December 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090513: A new type of kitten has been born in Hoddesdon, Herts. The two ten week old Lilac Pointed Devon Rex Kitten, were bred by Mrs. Glenda Worthy of Hoddesdon and are the only two in the world. They have both been given exotic names – Sayonara Lilac Frosting (female) and Sayonara Lilac Time (male). Both kittens are the offspring of prize winning male Self Lilac Devon, Sayonara Lilac Warrior and a Blue Pointed Queen, January 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090516: Crane driver Ernie Thornton, from Wembley never dreamed he would be playing a Grand Piano, to an audience but that is just what happened today after Ernie had lifted a 1933 Collard and Collard Player Grand Piano, one of the only three of its kind, 107 feet high, to the Penthouse flat of Mr. Walter Buchanan a television electronic engineer. Mr. Buchanan had taken on the Penthouse flat, on the 10th storey of Lakeside, Kingston Hill, Kingston, in order to the able to play his grand piano without troubling his neighbours. Ennie Thornton at the keyboard, with the removal men as an audience, April 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090523: Volunteer ambulance drivers wearing gas masks as they practice attending to a "victim" as part of their training in the countryside shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. The dustcart is used in place of an ambulance August 1939 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090554: 30 yr-old Ida Bazley of Edge Hill, Liverpool, winner of the Miss Littlewoods title. She is also Miss Edge Lane and work as a typist at the Edge Lane Pools Division, 20th November 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090562: Pictures of Joel Barnett, Labour MP for Heywood and Royton, who was presented with a petition from residents of Blackshaw Lane, Royton, near Oldham. He is seen wheeling a pram to show how difficult it is for mothers to get through the busy road junction, December 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090574: British Soldier from an unknown Scottish regiment bayonet charging during training, c.1942 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090578: Officers of Chiang Kai Shek's nationalist army with young officer in white uniform in China during the civil war, 26th July 1927 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090591: The South African Cricket Team pose for pictures before the start of the third test against England at Old Trafford, July 1951 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090600: Men from The Home Guard training with a Bren Gun, c.1942 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090611: London Fire Service. Well bowled - this W A F S has been bowled shame isn't it! She is one of the opening batsman too for the ladies team. The match was played at Clapham. The result, well that doesn't matter it was a good game. September 1941 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5090616: Sir Alec Home at a press conference. 1963 / Bridgeman Images