ZUM4881273: Sep. 10, 1953 - A new guest at the” Jardin Des Plantes” in Paris: A new guest has enriched the” Jardin Des Plantes” in Paris. It is a crab, native from the Islands of Comoros (Madagascar) they name it the” CPCPA-tree Crab” or Birgus Latro Li it is the first time that this rather” Gentle” animal has been brought alive to Europe. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4881807: Sep. 17, 1953 - The” Bridesmaid” at Church Was A Chimp: A Chimpanzee went to a church yesterday- dressed as a bridesmaid. The two-year old chimp, Midge, wearing a white satin frock with frilly underwear - handed a lucky horseshoe to the bride, Miss Hazel Sixsmith, outside the church door. Then Midge kissed the bride and tried to kiss the bridegroom, Mr. David Harrison. After the ceremony at the Saviour's Church, Bolton (Lancs), the vicar, the Rev. Ernest Broadbent, said:” More than twenty Parishioners have complained about the chimp. “I was not told about it before the ceremony.” The bride and groom, both of Bolton, wer3e last night on honeymoon in Blackpool. Mr. Harrison said: “There was nothing vulgar about the chimp being at the wedding- t was never in the church.” Midge got an official invitation to the wedding, said Mr. Charles Charlton, Senior, who employs the bridegroom as manager of a Bury pet shop. Picture Shows: Wearing a white frock, Midge, the chimpanzee greets the newlyweds, Davis Harrison and Hazel Sixsmith, outside the church yesterday. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4881861: Sep. 18, 1953 - Mrs. Maclean's family say “We fear the worst”.: Fears that Mrs. Melinda Maclean and her three children have been kidnapped in a ruthless attempt to force the hand of her husband, the high Foreign Office official now believed to be behind the Iron Curtain were strenthened when the Swiss police established beyond doubt that a telegram sent to Mrs Dunbar, Mrs. Maclean's mother, at their flat in Geneva, and signed “Melinda” had been sent by someone else. Mrs. Maclean's brother-in-law, Mr. John Shears, who came from Paris to help Mrs. Dunbar, said that he and Mrs. Dunbar feared the worst.; Photo shows Mr. John Shears brother-in-law of Mrs. Maclean, seen at the door of Mrs. Dunbar's flat in Geneva. He is seen receiving meals which are brought to the flat. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4882903: Oct. 04, 1953 - Giving names to horses in Munich: At the day of the protection of animals in the whole world at the occasion of the birthday of st. Frances of Assisi, the world known Munich loewenbrauerel (lion's brewer) gave to 62 of its very original Bavarian names. our picture shows” Damel” just doing a deep drought out of a huge Lowenbrau beer-jug. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4882943: Oct. 05, 1953 - New Stained Glass Windows For Saint Peter Whurch At Montmartre: The three new stained glass windows of Saint Peter's church in Montmartre, Santn Peter is one of the oldest churches in Paris (It was built in the XI Century). Some of its sained glass was damaged during the war / Bridgeman Images