MPX5122779: The Puck Fair at Killorglin. The fair is one of Ireland's oldest and longest celebrated and is held without fail on 10th, 11th and 12th August. Our Picture Shows Puck (The Goat) with his boy attendant dressed in traditional dress being paraded through the streets of Killorglin, 11th August 1950 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5122650: One of the city of Coventry's trams destoryed during the air raid of the 14th November 1940. In which 4,330 homes were destroyed also three-quarters of the city's factories were damaged along with the city's tram system, with tram lines ripped from the ground or arched into the air. Out of a fleet of 181 buses only 73 remained. Most of the city's gas and water pipes were smashed and people were advised to boil emergency supplies of water. Amongst the devastation lay the bodies of 554 men, women and children many of whom were never identified also 865 people were injured. During the raid the Luftwaffe had dropped 30,000 incendiary bombs, 500 tons of high explosive, 50 landmines and 20 oil-mines. The raid had gone on non-stop for almost eleven hours. The world had never previously witnessed this sort of airborne destruction before and the Germans coined a new word for it 'coventrated'.' 15th November 1940 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images