MPX5136463: Birmingham Evening Mail front page featuring the headline 'Youth in city knife terror'. 28th June 1974 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136496: Views of the Berlin Wall with soldiers patrolling. October 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136535: Shell Motor Mileage Run. 5th July 1978 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136538: May Day Parade in Red Square, Moscow. 9th May 1967 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136589: Emergency in Malaya. The 22nd Special Air Service Regiment seen here sitting calmly in the aircraft before tree parachuting (a technique of low level parachuting) on to the communist insurgents in the Malayan jungle. 29th October 1959 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136595: Church Street in Windsor, Berkshire, c. 1944 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136604: Aerial views of Sheffield, 17th August 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136625: The Cunard White Star ocean liner Queen Mary in the Clyde. Crowds on shore as the Clyde Paddle steamer Eagle III passing the Queen Mary laden with sightseers for a 'last look', 22nd March 1936 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136658: Who Shall We Declare Peace on Next. 10th October 1939 (b/w photo), Zec, Philip (1909-1983) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136664: Peace? I See Little Trace of It! 11th October 1939 (b/w photo), Zec, Philip (1909-1983) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136673: Danny Canning Cardiff City goalkeeper 7th June 1947 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136694: Jasper Carrott, comedian, actor, television presenter and personality, pictured 5th October 1979 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136709: American film star and singer Doris Day photographed at the Cannes Film festival. 9th May 1955 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135620: Elton John the singer and chairman of Watford FC May 1989 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135635: Gerry and the Pacemakers, who, on their way from Hanley in Staffordshire to Ipswich to play in pantomime, stopped at Alpha television studios in Birmingham to record ABC TV's "Thank Your Lucky Stars" where they were joined by their manager Brian Epstein. Pictured left to right are: Fred Marsden, Gerry Marsden, Les Maguire, Brian Epstein and Les Chadwick. 6th January 1964 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135659: The soup-sampler is chef's nightmare Basil Fawlty. In the shape of John Cleese, Basil was in Newcastle to promote the latest book of scripts for the hit TV series Fawlty Towers. The world's most disaster prone hotelier couldn't resist springing a surprise visit to the kitchens of the Royal Station Hotel. Sous-chef Phil Stew was relieved when his soup was given the Fawlty seal of approval. 27th April, 1979 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135713: Sunday morning in Petticoat Lane. Seen in the boot market. Proving his shoes won't skid. 28th February 1939 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135782: Model with fan in strapless dress. Model with fan in strapless dress., c. 1964 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135785: The Great Pop Prom 1959, held at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 20th September 1959 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135788: Avro Lancaster taking off. March 1949 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135803: Aldermaston to London March, 31st March 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135806: Michael Foot MP Ebbw Vale in Monmouthshire, photographed 30th May 1963 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135809: Michael Foot MP Ebbw Vale in Monmouthshire, photographed 30th May 1963 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135839: Larry Parnes (left) and John Kennedy (centre), Managers of singer Tommy Steele, who is pictured sleeping on sofa, 28th April 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135848: Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr as he appears in the film "That'll Be The Day" , being shot at Warners Holiday Camp in Ryde on the Isle of Wight. 24th October 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135857: Docks at a standstill in Liverpool on the first day of the national dock strike. Merchant ships line the wharves, idle. 16th May 1966 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135860: Reveille model Miss Parsons pin-up., c. 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135893: Gravesend to Calais 48 hour trip Via Ferry dancing and French Cafe culture. June 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135899: York - Aerial view of York Minster, where the forthcoming marriage between HRH The Duke of Kent and Miss Katherine Worsley, will take place on June 8th 1961. Date of picture unknown - possibly March 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135597: John Lydon pop singer with group PIL Public Image Ltd 1989 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135621: Brick by brick, this traditional hill farm will be transported 25 miles to Beamish Museum where it will go on display to visitors, 20/12/2013 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135633: It was the year Britain joined Europe, Sunderland won the FA Cup and Princess Anne married Captain Mark Philips. But in Stockton, 1973 was the year post-16 education was transformed with the opening of Stockton Sixth Form College. And 40 years on, staff and students, past and present, let their hair down with a celebration party, complete with staff in fancy dress and a groovy 1970s disco. Pictured Students run to the DJ with answers to the quiz question, 24/10/2013 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135648: Standing out from the regular buses seen in a city centre, this collection took passers-by back in time. And the vintage buses certainly attracted crowds while parked in Newcastle city centre this week as members of the Aycliffe and District Bus Preservation Society brought their vehicles out for show. From converted double deckers to models dating back to the 1940s, this group preserves part of the transport history of North East. Pictured Peter Mitchell, left and Dave Young, with the 1949 Bristol single decker, from Aycliffe and District Bus Preservation Society, in the centre of Newcastle, 31/10/2013 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135660: Crowds pack the Central beach at Blackpool on a hot summer's day, Lancashire. 16th July 1972 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135669: Singer Joe Brown collects a picture of himself from Portal Gallery, Grafton Street, W1. 5th July 1962 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5135690: Denham, the Old bridge North Orbital Road (Denham Avenue), Buckinghamshire, c. September 1928 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images