ZUM4904892: Jan. 01, 1954 - Gelignite Used To Destroy Ancient Steeple In Hamilton - Scotland: About 1,000 people, including many schoolchildren watched the detraction of the Old Tollbooth Steeple, in Muir Street, Hamilton,, Scotland, recently - with the aid of gelignite charges, The Steeple bell and tolled out the hours for 312 years but the steeple foundation were eaten away and it maned a nearby housing scheme / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4904970: Jan. 01, 1954 - Comet takes off on London to Khartoum Speed Bid. A Series Two Comet took off from Hatfield early this morning in a bid for the London to Khartoum speed record. The comet, the first production model of the Series Two, was flown by Group Captain Cunningham, de Havilland chief test pilot. The reason for the flight to Khartoum, a distance of over 3,000 miles, is to send the Series Two on tropical trails, and also establish a record for the outward flight / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4906533: Jan. 01, 1954 - Silver In The Ocean: The herring fisher as it ocures on the West coast of Norway is quite a battle. These days the Herrings comes from the Atlantic Ocean up to the coast as always, year by year, as told so by the watch. Those who run the Herring business says that the Fishers this season probably will bring ashore around 12 million hectolitre of fish (herring). And by the fishers hans in amounts to 11 million pounds (~ 11 million). Figured another way, 3,000 million fishers but it is only 10 to 15 of his giant mass that is used as food for the human being. goes to the oil and flour mills / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4948240: Jan. 01, 1955 - Rehearsals for” The Midsummer Marriage”... Opera that Baffles everybody - even the performers: Rehearsals were held at Covent Garden this morning of” The Midsummer Marriage” - by Michael Tippett. The Stage settings have been designed by sculpture Barbara Hepworth - and the lead is played by Australian soprano Joan Sutherland. After a week of rehearsal - even the singers themselves on finding it difficult to understand the idea behind the opera / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4948242: Jan. 01, 1955 - E.1 Souvenirs can go underground if authorities act; Production of Scottish” Elizabeth 1 'Coronation souvenirs, sponsored by the Covenant Association, will go underground if there is any interference from the authorities and can be switched to another factory within 12 hours, Mr. William Bowie, Edinburg Covenanter, has stated, Meanwhile the manufacture of wool and silk head square continues at the” secret” Edinburgh factory. Mr. Ian Hamilton, of the stone of destiny” fame, travels to Edinburg this week to confer with other Covenanter on additional designs. They hope to” flood” Scotland with” Elizabeth 1” souvenirs and also to distribute them widely in England / Bridgeman Images