MPX5126015: The S.S. Aragon at Victoria docks in London. 12th June 1962 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126037: The state dining inside 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the United Kingdoms Prime Minister, c. 1970 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126060: Boxing at Nottingham: Chris Finnegan gets a kiss from his wife Cheryl after beating Conny Velensek. 2ndFebruary 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126076: The Gladstone engine, one of the crack expresses, which has been running for 44 years between London and Brighton in its new home on 1st June 1927 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126078: Boxing at Albert Hall: John H. Stacey. The European and British Welter weight Champion Beat Ernie "Indian Red" Lopez when he stopped him in the 7th round at the Albert Hall, London. 29th October 1974 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126082: Champions - and they're all British: Great Britain holds a world record of six European boxing champions. They are Joe Bugner, Heavyweight, Johnny Clark, bantamweight, John Conteh, light heavyweight, John Stracey, welterweight, Kevin Finnegan, middleweight, and Ken Buchanan, lightweight. L-R: Ken Buchanan, Kevin Finnegan, Joe Bugner, John Stracey, Johnny Clark and John Conteh. 9th June 1974 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126085: Muhammad Ali the Pop Star. World heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali is the star of the charity variety show in aid of former British and Empire heavyweight champion Joe Erskine at the Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park. Our Picture Shows: Star of the film Star Wars dwarf Kenny Baker landing a good punch on Ali's nose. Muhammad Ali and Kenny Baker during their fight scene. January 1979 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126099: The railway men of Italy presented a bronze shield weighing about a ton in commemoration of the work of George Stephenson as the father of railway during the Railway Centenary Celebrations on 4th July 1925 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126113: Used car sales. 9th October 1962 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126116: Singer Dorothy Squires performing at the City Hall, Newcastle on 23rd January 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126126: Singer Dorothy Squires performing at the City Hall, Newcastle on 23rd January 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126136: Singer Dorothy Squires performing at the City Hall, Newcastle on 23rd January 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126139: Singer Dorothy Squires performing at the City Hall, Newcastle on 23rd January 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126145: Louise Pomeroy pictured driving a Super two-seater 1910 cycle car outside the Royal Horticultural Society's hall in Westminster, London. 21st October 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126156: An American locomotive, one of the first batch to arrive in the United Kingdom for many years, being cleaned by women. 14th April 1943 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126158: British Heavyweight Champion Joe Bugner seen here in a Las Vegas supermarket posing with a pair of had guns. Bugner is in Las Vegas for his fight against Muhammad Ali. Bugner is looking for his tenth straight win. 13th December 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126165: Young children sitting on the doorstep of one of their homes Doris Street, London, following an attack by German bombers. 28th April 1943 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126168: Home Guard volunteers are cheered by local residents sitting on the side of the road as they run through a training exercise in the Weybridge, Surrey during the Second World War. 24th May 1943 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126172: Soldiers of the 8th Manchester Regiment at Ardwick Green working together to clear the debris from their barracks and to release their trapped comrades after a German air raid. Pictures shows a group of soldiers pulling on rope to clear the wreckage. 14th March 1941 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126175: A factory worker tipping a huge cauldron of boiling jam, ready to be packed into jars at the Maidenhead Jam factoy during the Second World War. 28th October 1943 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126177: Coffins are draped by Union Jacks borne on fire appliances in procession through Plaistow on the way to the cemetery during the funeral of Plaistow fireman who were killed in the blitz, c. 1941 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126178: Home guards listen to their instructions before going out on patrol during the Second World War. 11th July 1941 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126182: John Lennon and Yoko Ono with their children from previous marriages Julian Lennon 6 and daughter Kyoko 5 pictured taking a walk during their Scottish Holiday. The children are dressed in traditional tartan outfits. 26th June 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126184: Muhammad Ali seen here playing a round of tea cup golf at his hotel near Dublin. Ali is in Ireland for his fight with Al Blue Lewis. 14th July 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126190: Dita Von Teese, January 2009 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126192: John Lennon and Yoko Ono at Dalcross Airport in Inverness to board a private jet to London, 06/07/1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126197: Dita Von Teese, January 2009 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126209: Kemsley House on Westgate Road, Newcastle. German airship the Graf Zeppelin was seen flying overhead on the morning of the 19th August, 1931. Unfortunatley, it appeared before a photographer was at hand to capture the moment ! 19/08/1931 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126229: The Capitol cinema, Queen Street, Cardiff which featured concerts by some of the greats including The Beatles, Bill Haley, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Slade, etc, during the 50's , 60's and 70's. Western Mail and Echo copyright image, c. 1970s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126230: Cars battle their way through flash floods on the A1 at Low Fell after torrential rain in 1977 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126232: The River Wear was rising steadily towards the top of the arches of the bridge during a flood in 1978 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126237: A RAF Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer, formerly the Blackburn Buccaneer, low-level strike aircraft. The plane overshot the runway at Sunderland Airport after making a forced landing. The Buccaneer, from RAF Honnington in Suffolk, was on low-flying exercise along the North Sea coast when its canopy was shattered by a bird strike. The pilot and navigator were taken to Sunderland Accident Hospital with facial injuries but were allowed out after treatment. 28/08/1974 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126239: One of the worst spots for flooding in the region was the Felling Bypass wher this car nearly disappeared in 1978 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126251: Schoolgirls from Church High School in Newcastle model the latest fashion 14 July 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126466: A steam trains makes its way majestically round a bend on the Tanfield Railway on 23rd April 1973 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5126470: Cher and Sonny August 1965 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images