MPX5078752: Uniformed nurses from Orpington Hospital went to the House of Commons today to hand over a petition to parliament to Mr. Eric Lubbock, MP for Orpington. Nine nurses carried from 30,000 petition signatures in large white boxes each painted with the letter from the word 'Orpington' and on the reverse side each box bore a red cross. The nurses were accompanied by several Citizen Members of the Orpington Nurses and Citizens Association. Although the petition refers specifically to Orpington Hospital, it is known that a shortage of nurses is affecting many hospitals in Britain. The nurses were not agitating for more pay and less working hours, but they were calling specifically for increased nursing establishment - in other words authority to recruit more nurses. The line-up of nurses with their white boxes containing the signatures, spelling the word Orpington, on their way to the House of Commons. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5078800: Uniformed nurses from Orpington Hospital went to the House of Commons today to hand over a petition to parliament to Mr. Eric Lubbock, MP for Orpington. Nine nurses carried from 30,000 petition signatures in large white boxes each painted with the letter from the word 'Orpington' and on the reverse side each box bore a red cross. The nurses were accompanied by several Citizen Members of the Orpington Nurses and Citizens Association. Although the petition refers specifically to Orpington Hospital, it is known that a shortage of nurses is affecting many hospitals in Britain. The nurses were not agitating for more pay and less working hours, but they were calling specifically for increased nursing establishment - in other words authority to recruit more nurses. Mr. Eric Lubbock, M.P. Orpington, pictured with the nurses holding their white boxes containing the signatures. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5079256: Preview to Santa Clause: Wherever there are toys, sure enough there are children. No matter where the playthings are hidden, a water diviner couldn't do better then a child for finding where they are. Here is a toy cargo from America ready for Christmas, and sure enough here's kiddy taking a peep at the things to come. November 1944 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5079338: Mill chimneys in Brook Yard, Hipperholme, near Halifax, were demolished. Susan Heviour, Josephine Woodhouse, Ruth Collins, and Patricia Fairbank, fifth form students at Brighouse Heathfield Secondary Modern School, hold their ears as the last crack goes to demolish the biggest chimney of them all. October 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5079421: 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 Denise (22), Bernadette (14), Anne (24), Linda (15), Maureen (20) and front 9-year-old Coleen. December 1974 / Bridgeman Images