MPX5160505: A Huddersfield librarian has written a children's musical which could become a vital part of teaching in schools. Mrs. Louie Carr's story, The Beetle and the Bookworm, was given its first performance at Rawthorpe Junior School. She is behind the script and the lyrics, which explain alphabetical order, encyclopaedias and dictionaries. The music has been written by a local teacher Mrs. Margaret Edwards. Mrs. Carr says it's vital that pupils doing GCSE courses are familiar with basic library and study skills and she reckons the best time to start is when they are at primary schools. Kirklees Libraries section is now interested in making sure that the musical is available to schools throughout the area. Two booklets about library skills by Mrs. Carr have proved popular all over the world. 7th July 1989 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5160276: Shipyard director George Parker rose to the occasion when the new liner Queen Elizabeth II seemed reluctant to be launched. He gave her a shove and a second later the Cunarder slid down the stocks from John Brown's ship yard into the River Clyde. It was a symbolic gesture, and brought a hilarious ending to the few seconds during which the new QE2 seemed reluctant to move. Nothing happened after the Queen had pressed the button to release the launching gear. 20th September 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5160309: Queen Elizabeth 2, ocean liner, built for the Cunard Line which was operated by Cunard as both a transatlantic liner and a cruise ship from 1969 to 2008. Pictured, the QE2 noses into the fitting out basin watched by crowds on the dockside on the day of her launch. 20th September 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images