ZUM4865311: Jul. 24, 1953 - Daphne Padel builds a House and beats the price ring too: Daphne Padel, stage and radio star, wanted to build a single storey, three-bedroom house - her architect told her that it should not cost more than 2,500 - but five Tonbridge, Kent, Builders submitted tenders with in a few paubds of 4,000... Daphne told televiewers out the” Price Ring” operated among builders to inflate prices. She was appearing in the first program” About the Home” which the B.B.C. consulted the Royal Institute of British Architects who said that local builders agree on an inflated price... But today a contract is being signed by a company which operates over a wide free for the building of the house Under 2,500 / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4865546: Jul. 26, 1953 - Blind Portuguese man, Ramiro Maria-Real, 32 years old, was arrested after attempting to hide in the plane and steal himself away to Argentina. Unfortunately, he caught the wrong plane and ended up in Germany, where he was caught and deported back to Portugal. / Bridgeman Images
ETE4864197: Second World War (1939-1945): General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force) decorates Colonel Donald J. M. Blakeslee (1917-2008) of the Distinguished Flying Cross under the eyes of Captain Don Gentile (Dominic Salvatore Gentile, 1920-1951), who has the highest record of pilot air victories (30) American bases in England. Photography, Great Britain, Spring 1944. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4866029: Jul. 30, 1953 - Girl-Guides Rally At The Chateau De Jambville (France): 2.400 Young Girl Guides From France And Other Countries Are Gathered At The Chateau De Jambville. This Is The First Big Meeting Of The Girl Guides And Has Begen From Monday And Will Last Till August 4th. Lady Baden Powell, Wife Of The Famous Founder Of Scouts, Admiring A Wooden Carved Object Which One Of The Girl Guides Has Made. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4866068: Jul. 30, 1953 - Girl guides rally at the Chateu de Jamville (France): 2,400 young girl guides from France and other countries are gathered at the chateau de Jambville. This is the first big meeting of the girl guides and has began from Monday and will last till August 4th. Lady Saden Powell, wife of the famous founder of scouts, is seen greeting the young girl guides. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4866396: Aug. 01, 1953 - Under armed guard, North Korean POWS transfer from Navy transport to shallow - draft LSU, which will take them into Inchon harbor where they will be held preparatory to POW trade in” Operation Big Switch” which starts 8/5. These Pows were held on Koje-de. / Bridgeman Images