MPX5075241: Long warm days. Winter is no time for shivering. And there is no need with a coat like this. In chocolate curly borg fabric, it is topped with whipped-cream coloured dicky-yoke, muffle-up collar and cuffs. So quick to zip on, this great coat on a cold day. Wear it with a snug, knitted wool hat, pulled down to keep ears warm. By Seasons, size 10-14, price about £30. December 1972 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5075321: Hundreds of blind workers today staged a protest in Belgrave Square, London, for better wages. They want an increase of £1.5. a week on the £14.5s. Basic pay of 3,500 blind workers. At No. 41, Belgrave Square, a meeting was being held to discuss their wage claims. The Blind workers with their placards during the protest in Belgrave Square. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5075398: actress Francis Dean who lives in Fairfax Road, N.W.6., wears a maxi-coat and it is made of synthetic fur by astraka. She was out today with daughter Belinda (2) and Belinda found maxis very cosy indeed especially with today's weather. They were waiting for a No. 31 bus where the pictures were taken. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5075422: Telecommunication Exhibition at the Design Centre, Haymarket. 24 year old Pamela Houghton with a cordless telephone of the 1890's, (right), and introduced in the 1890's the first hand micro-telephone type. A magneto generator was used for calling the exchange, the magneto forming the legs of the telephone. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5075434: Sargeant Shorter of the Coldstream Guards instructing the new recruits of the girls training Corp at Chelsea. Every Sunday he gives his own time to help in training these girls who will become technicians, nurses etc. One girlgis corrected after making a saluting mistake. January 1942 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5075655: If only I were younger! Mrs. Florence House of Battersea could not resist the temptation of sitting on the throne which the Miss World contestant (winner) will sit in tomorrow night at the Royal Albert Hall. Flo in one of the several women cleaners who go in daily to the Royal Albert Hall. Mrs. Florence House sitting on the Miss World throne complete with bucket (crown) and mop, with her two runners-up, (left) Mrs. Jean Cave from Battersea, and (right) Mrs. Trudi Lockwood from Barnes. Also pictured at the back is Mrs. Marty Hamilton from Notting Hill. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5076046: actress Francis Dean who lives in Fairfax Road, N.W.6., wears a maxi-coat and it is made of synthetic fur by astraka. She was out today with daughter Belinda (2) and Belinda found maxis very cosy indeed especially with today's weather. They were waiting for a No. 31 bus where the pictures were taken. November 1969 / Bridgeman Images