MPX5072157: As part of Mexican Week in Bond Street, London, the famous Mexican Ambassadors of Mexican song" Maria De Lourdes, with her troupe of Mariachis, Jose Chavez and "Oroy Plata" were due to march up Bond Street playing and singing. Unfortunately they were not aware of the by-laws, apparently they should have had a musicians licence. That was not all - they were also told by the police that they should not be in fancy dress. The troupe in Bond Street walk past the police who said 'no singing or playing". November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5072351: Children petition to save milkmans house: Jennifer here collects a signature in a street market at Bedford Hill, Balham. Signing the book is Mrs. Robert Kelly who has given him a carrot every morning for years. Jennifer gives Eva a carrot on the right is Diane Cathercole who has helped gather signatures. June 1960 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5075138: The 1971 Volkswagen Microbus: Extra power, better braking and improved roadholding are the main features of the 1971 Volkswagen Microbus now on sale in the U.K. The only visible external changes to the 1971 model are perforated road wheels (for better brake cooling) and flared wheel arches above the rear wheels to accommodate the wider rear track. The roof colour on two-tone versions is now extended down to the waistline. September 1970 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5075098: Library in Village pub. You can have a thriller with your pint of beer in the bar of the Cherry tree inn, Copthorne, in a rural part of Sussex. There is no library for many miles around so Albert Simmons the innkeeper got together 400 books and formed a library in the public bar. Thrillers and westerns are the popular books, and 2d. a week is charged for the loan. Augurst 1944 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5075149: Fashion 1960s: Getting into the paper when you Marry. Wedding gowns are usually kept top secret. But this one is rather special - it is made of paper. It was designed and stitched by 22-year-old art student Louise Miller for her wedding in August to painter Paul Allcoat. Made in white crepe paper, the dress has a detachable hood, trumpet sleeves and is covered in flowers. Louise, of Vardens Road, Clapham Junction, London, also made the multi-coloured muff from crepe paper. But she would not break all traditions and be seen wearing her paper wedding dress before the big day. So model Sue Lynn tried it on. And her verdict? "It's warm, comfortable and makes me feel very elegant," she said. Sue Lynn in the paper wedding gown. July 1968 / 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