MPX5124103: British Leyland service and technical specialists from many European countries examine a Coventry-built Triumph Stag during a visit to city for Leyland product briefing session at Radford. The specialists, who are also due to visit the rover factory in Solihull, were shown the whole range of Triumph cars. The briefing session, one of many that Leyland organise for their overseas personnel, is part of a scheme to familiarise them with every aspect of the company's business. The sessions are staged by the Leyland training department at Radford, Coventry, 30th September 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5124906: People gather around the Ministry of Information van parked outside the Coventry Hippodrome Theatre in Hales Street to hear announcements and advice sent out via a loud speaker system and a microphone. Lady Herbert's Garden can be seen in the distance. 18th November 1940 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5124930: Comedian Norman Wisdom repays a favour by canvassing for Midlands Central Tory candidate Mr. John Ling. Some years ago Mr. Ling, a former diplomat, organised a concert in Chile for the diminutive comic, who is currently appearing at the Coventry Theatre. Joining in the act are Southam barmaids Pauline Haughton(left) and Margaret Burgess, 5th June 1979 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5124952: Actress Wendy Craig paid a visit to Warwick to open the Emscote Lawn School Elizabethan Fair. Miss Craig said: "The education of our children is one of the most vital matters in the world today. We must preserve a choice of school in order to cater for every kind of child. We don't want to produce children like cars from an assembly line, lacking individual flair." Miss Craig, star of the TV series, "Not in Front of the Children," arrived from her mother's home in Kenilworth by an "Elizabethan horse-drawn coach" re-constructed by boys at the school. A ducking stool, quintain(jousting), stocks, madrigals, a pig roast, archery, falconry and the school staff and pupils in full Elizabethan costume provided the period flavour, 27th June 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5125235: Screaming Lord Sutch returned to the London stage after an absence of four years. More than 400 fans, crowded the tiny Country Club, Haverstock-hill, Hampstead, Several pop celebrities, including Keith Richard of The Rolling Stones, Keith Moon of The Who and Spencer Davis, were there to lend moral support. April 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images