MPX5129778: Stevie Turner entered her first big beauty contest the whole village went along to watch. And on Monday, August 28, 1972, villagers from Thornley, Co Durham, saw Stevie, a 17-yeare-old factory worker, crowned Miss Crimdon at the traditional Bank Holiday Crimdon Lido glamour contest, 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5129868: The London Opera Centre, Commercial Road, East London has been now begun its career and is functioning as a training ground for young opera singers, and is a rehearsal stage for the Covent Garden Opera Company. The stage is an exact copy of the stage at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Our Picture Shows: Left to Right Barbara Howitt, the conductor Edward Downes and Marie Colyer who plays the lead in the Covent garden production of Katerina Ismailova, 14th November 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5129759: The Rolling Stones in the South of France. Keith Richards with his son Marlon at his home Villa Nellcote, a 19th century sixteen room mansion on the waterfront in Villefranche-sur-Mer. The Stones recorded main parts of Exile On Main St. in the basement of the May 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5129127: A BOAC Boeing 707 airliner bound for Sydney and Auckland with 131 passengers aboard had to return to Heathrow airport shortly after take off when one of it engines caught fire. The aircraft call sign Whisky Echo crashed with its wing ablaze on runway two. An eye witness said he saw about 50 people jump out of the plane seconds after it crashed. "they were running and jumping" from the aircraft. Our Picture Shows: The burning plane immediately after the crash at Heathrow Airport, April 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images