MPX5128248: Fire at Maryhill Road Glasgow. Fire breaks out in an unoccupied furniture shop spreading along the row of shops and trapping some families in their homes above. Fifty families were made homeless and one woman and one Fire Officer lost their lives. Saturday, 18th November 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5128326: After becoming a cult science fiction comedy series on BBC Radio, "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams is now a top selling book, a record, and TV and film projects are underway. Here author Douglas Adams poses holding a copy of the book which has "Don't Panic" written on the front cover, 29th November 1978 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5128459: One-Man-Band - He's a rare artiste these days, and one of the few in Wales who make music - and a living - touring small towns and villages with his strange contraption. Here he's caught by a "South Wales Echo" photographer entertaining the locals at Llantrisant - 15th September 1947 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images