MPX5079934: On a murky foggy December day between five to seven thousand Muslims of many nationalities assembled at a Islamic Cultural Centre in Regents Park to celebrate the Id-Ul-Fitr. Many marquees were put up for people to play in while the overspill knelt outside on prayer carpets, blankets and newspapers. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5079946: Four year old girl learning how to be a clown like her daddy. Blackpool clown Ernie. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5080009: A boy's best friend is his dog, they say, but how about when that dog is mechanical? That's a problem being faced by many British parents now that mechanical toys are appearing on the market again - for the first time in six years. British kids of six, or under, have never known what it is to have a regular, brand- new toy, and you can never be quite sure how they'll take to innovations! Here you see one youngster's typical reaction. The mechanical dog is "Wakouwa", who can obey all commands just as soon as asked. He's made by Lines Bros., whose Merton, London, toy factory is the largest in the world. Circa 1949 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5080061: 58 year old Charlie Roberts of Eastbourne, Sussex is proud of his pumpkin growing prowess. He challenges any amateur gardener to better his record of over 500lbs weight of pumpkins grown from 6 plants. He was helped to grow this weight by a freak second crop, the first normal crop of 11 pumpkins from his 6 plants weighted in at 400lbs. When he returned from a fortnight's holiday, the second crop had started growing due to the Indian summer. Early in November he cut 8 more pumpkins which brought the total to over 500lbs - and Charlie Reckons a record. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5080133: Blog, the mongrel, complete with Christmas-hat, is last to arrive at the party held at an RSPCA home and last to leave December 1970 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5080151: Sport Rugby Union. East Midlands v South Africa. Demonstration against the Springbok visit and apartheid policy. For this demonstrator the game is over. He reached the pitch, but his appearance was brief. Now the waiting Springbok can carry on playing. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5080154: Electric Car/Hybrid Car: New car invention. Mr. John de Grunchy. He has developed a car which he claims gives upwards of 150 miles to the gallon by combining petrol and battery power. His prototype. His Petelec, based on a fiat 500, uses four heavy duty 12-volt car batteries in conjunction with a 3-h.p. garden rotorvator engine. December 1974 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5080196: Accused murderer being led to and from court house in Inyo County, California. He is Charles Miller Manson, aged 34 years. 05/12/ 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5080199: Accused murderer being led to and from court house in Inyo County, California. He is Charles Miller Manson, aged 34 years. 05/12/ 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077835: Grass Skiing: April 1970 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077839: Harpur Hill Buxton RAF Rescue team at work. L to R Lac Austin, walkie talk operator F1/Lt Allan, officer in charge and Station Officer R.J. Cox o Buxton mark spot of supposed crash. January 1949 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077860: The 25th Open Tennis Tournament at the Palace Hotel, Torquay. Ladies Singles Miss Virginia Wade in action. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077869: At Temple Primary school in Keynsham, Somerset, Jackie the jackdaw, a few months old, dropped into school when he fell down the chimney. He was retrieved by headmistress Mrs. Dorothy Rudderham and he now joins in with school activities. Jackie the jackdaw pictured with pupil 10 year old Paula Stevens. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077920: Cockle Industry Leigh on Sea, Essex. May 1938. / Bridgeman Images

MPX5077956: World War II: Women. Pictures taken at R.A.O.C. depot. outside London show some of the first A.T.S. volunteers taking instruction on Rifle Shooting at practise camp. A R.S.M. is seen demonstrating moving to a position. June 1942 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5078052: Platform shoes in London's Oxford Street. July 1974 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5078091: Conserative Candidate Mathew Parris electioneering in Hathersage, Derbyshire. In the Villages Dale Estate. April 1979 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5078094: Military Army: The 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles, many whom have seen action in Borneo, are visiting England especially to take part in the Lord Mayor's show on Saturday (No. 8) These 35 Gurkhas, who have come from Hong Kong, were playing their pipes and drums on the steps of St. Pauls Cathedral, dress in their colourful rifle green dress uniforms. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5078103: Lulu the baby elephant at Chessington Zoo, was weighed-in, for Lulu was the star of a competition organised by Tyne Brand, for contestants to judge what Lulu's weight would be on this date. Amongst the judges was boxing champion Henry Cooper, Mr. H. A. Snazle Gen. Manager of Chessington Zoo, and Mr. R.W. Hampson, Marketing Manager of Spillers Ltd. Lulu on the scales being watched by her keeper Alex Smith, and Henry Cooper. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075121: Servants. August 1937 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075158: Fashion 1960's. Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon attended a charity gala at the Commonwealth Institute, London on Wednesday night (23-2-66) given by French couturier Pierre Cardin. 1,200 guests were at the show which raised more than £5,000. The flats for Commonwealth students flats. Pierre Cardin (far right) pictured with his male and female models during a rehearsal on Wednesday (23-2-66) at the Dorchester Hotel. February 1966 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075179: Fashion 1960s. The moll flanders look. All demure and frilled up to the eyebrows. That's the new look for bedtime as seen at the Angela Gore show of nightwear in Mayfair yesterday (15-9-64). "We were inspired by Moll Flanders - heroine of Daniel Defoe's novel - in her mobcap", says designer Angela Boyes, whose latest ideas include floor-length housecoats and dressing gowns in fine spot or check lawns in easy-care synthetics with nighties to match. And, of course, the mobcap matches, too. Seen here, a full length housecoat in green and white check Dacron that will be in the shops later this year at 12 guineas. September 1964 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075230: Fashion - 1960s: Pacesetters. Even the outfit is not so expensive. Skiing jumper, hat and boots plus poles. October 1968 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075236: Fashion - 1970s. Back of woman. Jeans and t-shirt. October 1975 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075263: Adding another to the collection of old and new miners' lamps which is being made for educational purposes at Armstrong college, Newcastle. / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075269: Love Romance: Michael Jordan of Chagwell (Essex) and Filliar Evans of Galeworth (mdds). September 1961 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075309: Eccles Pit, owned by the Backworth Coal Company, where an explosion killed three men / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075321: Hundreds of blind workers today staged a protest in Belgrave Square, London, for better wages. They want an increase of £1.5. a week on the £14.5s. Basic pay of 3,500 blind workers. At No. 41, Belgrave Square, a meeting was being held to discuss their wage claims. The Blind workers with their placards during the protest in Belgrave Square. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075345: Elderly man smoking a pipe. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075357: actress Francis Dean who lives in Fairfax Road, N.W.6., wears a maxi-coat and it is made of synthetic fur by astraka. She was out today with daughter Belinda (2) and Belinda found maxis very cosy indeed especially with today's weather. They were waiting for a No. 31 bus where the pictures were taken. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5075396: Army Class ATS girls trying on outfits. March 1942 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5080238: Unusual/Humour: Outdoor Haircuts: 'He' is the name of a very plush gents hairdressers, in the High Street, Plaistow, E.13. with teak formica tops to the basins, Knotty pine wood on the walls, padded seats for the costomers, Then came the power cuts- so the staff not wanting to dissapoint their costomers, moved their chairs onto the pavement, and carried on as usual, using instant shave from a can and hand clippers. December 1970 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5080280: The Waitress' - 1970 Style: A new restaurant - night club called "Bumburs" in Coventry Street, London, in the old Corner House building, will have some of the lovely waitresses in England. The girls have been picked for their loveliness, as well as their experience. They will wear rather fetching outfits, including see-thru tops .. and see-in tops. December 1970 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5080379: Princess Diana visiting Interconnection Systems, South Shields. 9th December 1992 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5080427: Families: Mother, father and children. Father in the bath with baby boy and son. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5080442: Teachers in the Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne schools, if they were to casually walk near wayside Benwell, any afternoon after 4 p.m. would soon find the cause for that extra bit of unrest and anticipation towards the end of the days schooling... for "Uncle Andy" the toy man is at the kerbside displaying his Xmas fare. Andy Bell of Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne, is "Uncle" to hundreds of kiddies in the area. Each afternoon his little black Van is packed to the roof with dolls, train sets , blackboards, modeling sets, mouth organs and everything the Toddlers could wish for. October 1949 / Bridgeman Images