MPX5158242: Proud father, Barry Thorns, at Birmingham Maternity Hospital, where It was reported earlier yesterday, 2nd October 1968, that Sheila Thorns from Birmingham underwent a Caesarean section early this morning during which six children - four boys and two girls - were delivered., 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5158263: North Wales students removed the very long sign of the Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch railway station in Anglesey and carried it to South Wales before hositing up onto the Wenvoe television mast at St Lythans, near Cardiff. Pictured are TV engineers removing the sign from the mast. 4th February 1964 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5158344: Traction Engines in race at Rally. A race between 10-ton traction engines, with policemen at the wheel, over a half-mile course, was one of the main attractions at a steam traction engine dally at Paris Hall Farm, Epping, the rally organized by the Epping police sports club in conjuction with the national traction engine club, was opened by the former light-heavyweight boxing champion of the world, Freddie mills. 1st October 1955 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5158497: Alpha Tower is a commercial building in Birmingham, England. It was built to a design by George Marsh of Richard Seifert & Partners as the headquarters of the commercial television company ATV and part of the companies' production studio complex known as ATV Centre. Now operated by the developers GVA Grimley, it provides office space for a number of companies and organisations, including Network Rail, Birmingham Arts Marketing, Jacobs Engineering, Glide Utilities, ORB and the Criminal Cases Review Commission. Birmingham City Council vacated the building in 2010. (Picture) New homes for the BBC and ATV network will be cable of full-scale production of programmes in colour. Rapid progress has been made in the erection of the new headquarters. 9th October 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5157997: Heather Doney wets her foot at the pipe well in Well Lane at Liskeard, Cornwall. Heather was following an age-old custom in which water from any of the four pipes is supposed to have the mysterious property of making sure a girl will marry early. 29th September 1966 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5158057: Madame Sweep: For men must work and women must sweep might be the slogan of Mrs. Ada Riches, of Woodbridge, Suffolk. She had always swept her own chimneys. Now because of the shortage of men she has become a sweep, and cleans chimneys in Woodbridge, and villages around. Mrs. Riches takes her brushes, rods, and sootbag around on a bicycle. She starts work at 7am, and by noon has cleaned ten chimneys. The head and hair protector, reminiscent of the middle ages is her own design. Photo shows... here you see Mrs. Ada Riches arriving on the job, sooty, but cheerful. October 1943 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images