MPX5080584: Ian Newman (19) a car salesman in Hounslow was getting worried as every time he got a new girlfriend and took her to dances other men who took a fancy to his girl would steal off with her and so Ian was left girl-less. But now he has the solution provided for him by hairdresser Len Pountney who has designed a long pigtail from Ian's hair that connects to Gloria Wootton (15) a florist, so that now everywhere the couple goes they are linked together. Ian Newman and Gloria Wootton linked in the high street today. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5080618: Education. Industrial Disputes: Teachers Strike: All the schools in the Ealing area were closed for the day because of the teachers pay claim dispute. "I'll be glad when I can get back to school" thinks 7 year old Billy Fuller of Stanhope Junior School, Greenford, as he carries his mother's shopping home in Greenford today. Little Billy was just one of the many children who found themselves helping mum due to the teachers strike. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5080830: Variety club's fashion show: A fashion show was staged today at Danny La Rue's club in Mayfair to raise money for childrens charities. All the models (except one) were professional actresses at today's show, giving their services free. They were, Joyce Blair, Patricia Bredin, Julia Foster, Aimi Macdonald, Hayley Mills, and Sheila White and one professional model, Hazel Newby. All the dresses were designed by Hazel Graham, and the comperes were Irene Handel and Nicholas Parsons. (Left to right) Joyce Blair, Aimi Macdonald, Julia Foster, Hazel Newby (model) Hayley Mills, Sheila White, and Patricia Bredin. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5080875: In one appalling moment, a busy road, a typical just-round-the-corner shopping street, in the Clarkston area of Glasgow, Scotland, became a street of horror. The street was packed with wives doing the shopping. Everywhere there was laughter and chatter as happy children played. Then, at 2.52 in the afternoon, there was a deafening blast. Like a pack of cards, eleven shops collapsed into rubble. Cars on a rooftop car park above them plunged into the debris. There were screams and cries for help amid the confusion as rescuers tried to save the victims. At least eleven people died in the terror. Another fifty-two were injured. The explosion is thought to have been caused by a gas leak. October 1971 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5080896: The men on the herring drifter Kindred Star out in the North Sea from Lowestoft, haul in their nets on their last voyage before Christmas with another of the fine hauls they have been getting lately to help ease the food situation. The 136 drifters working from Lowestoft have landed 144,000 cans of herring during the ten-week season roughly 108,000,000 fish. During those ten weeks the men of the Kindred Star, like most of their comrades on the other drifters, have spent only nine nights ashore. December 1947 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5079212: Chair Caning: An unusual sight in London the old craft of chair caning Mr. John Browning 38 year old from Battersea, repairing a cane chair, sitting on the edge of the pavement, on the corner of Ladbroke Grove. He learnt the craft from his 65 year old father-in-law who has been doing it all his life. He travels around London and gets work on recommendation. January 1971 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5079560: Education. Industrial Disputes: Teachers Strike: All the schools in the Ealing area were closed for the day because of the teachers pay claim dispute. 7 year old Bily Fuller of Stanhope Junior School, Greenford, leads the demonstration down the Broadway with his sister Ann (12) OC Costain Senior Girls School, Greenford. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5080592: Actess and top model Vicki Hodge today married Ian Heath ,who is in advertising, at Chelsea Register Office. The bride wore a white mini dress and coat, and the couple drove off after the ceremony to a small lunch reception in a white 1923 Rolls Royce. The couple, Vicki and Ian pictured in the 1923 white Rolls Royce after the ceremony. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images