MPX5078282: Disaster Blast At Flixborough: A massive blast ripped apart an entire village late on Saturday afternoon, 1st June 1974. At least 29 people died and 100 houses were wrecked when an explosion shook the Nypro chemical plant at the Lincolnshire village of Flixborough. 3,000 people were evacuated as firemen tried to prevent an escape of poisonous gas from ammonia tanks, seven miles away in Scunthorpe flying glass caused injuries and homes shook thirty miles away. The scene of devastation at Nypro works, Flixborough. June 1974 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5078300: Accidents - Air 1974: The Hopeless Journey: He knew the journey was hopeless, but he didnÍt know what else to do. 29-year-old Salih Yardimici, a Turk living in London, was on his way to LondonÍs Heathrow Airport to be reunited with his wife Vildan when he heard of the DC10 crash in a French forest on Sunday (3-3-74). Salih Yardimici at Ermenonville Forest in France, the scene of the crash in which his young wife died. March 1974 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5079158: Over 60 teams from all over the country took part in the National Indoor Tug-of-War Championships at the National Recreation Centre at Crystal Palace, London today. Some contestants pictured during one of the event today. It is a sport that gives some very unusual facial expressions to the audience. November 1969 / 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
MPX5081844: "Miss Canada", 21 year old Jacquie Perrin attended and spoke at the luncheon for the Ship and Boat Builders National Federation's 24th Annual General Meeting at the Connaught Rooms. Walking along the table top - the only woman amongst the 150 guests, Jacquie Perrin "Miss Canada" gives the guests a preview of her "Miss World" contest walk. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5081940: When men of 104 Light Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery, (Volunteers), Newport, (see note below) fire a 21 - gun salute to mark the coming of age of the Prince of Wales, it will be the only Royal salute fired on the occasion in Britain This Investiture year birthday tribute will be paid by Gunners from throughout South Wales at 12 noon on Friday, 14 November, in Bute Park, Cardiff November 1969 / Bridgeman Images